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Johnny Mercer
12 quotes
“[My] publicity agent … went to hear Father Divine and he had a sermon and his subject was 'you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.' And I said 'Wow, that's a colorful phrase!'”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed 1971 by {{cite book
“So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goody You met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "Goody Goody" (1936)
“I know all the songs that the cowboys know 'bout the big corral where the doggies go, 'Cause I learned them all on the radio. Yippie yi yo kayah”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song "I'm an old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)" (1936)
“From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blow I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I know A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night.”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "Blues in the Night" (1941)
“I remember too, a distant bell... and stars that fell... like the rain out of the blue.”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "I Remember You" (1941)
“When my life is through And the angels ask me to recall The thrill of them all Then I shall tell them I remember you”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Skylark, Have you seen a valley green with Spring Where my heart can go a-journeying, Over the shadows in the rain To a blossom covered lane? And in your lonely flight, Haven't you heard the music in the night, Wonderful music, Faint as a will-o-the-wisp, Crazy as a loon, Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon.”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "Skylark" (1942)
“You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with mister inbetween.”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" (1944)
“Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer. Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer. Lead us lest too far we wander. Love's sweet voice is calling yonder.”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "The Glow-Worm" (1952)
“Cigarette holder, which wigs me, over her shoulder she digs me: Out cattin' that Satin Doll.”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1953 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "Satin Doll" (1953)
“The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play Through the meadow land toward a closing door A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "Days of Wine and Roses" (first recorded 1961)
“There's a long goodbye, and it happens every day, when a passerby invites your eye to come away. Even as you smile a quick hello you let her go, you let the moment fly... Too late you turn your head, you know you've said the Long Goodbye.”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song: "The Long Goodbye" (1973)