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Gene Pitney Quotes

I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants and squirrels. Not only was I trapper. I was a taxidermist.

I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants and squirrels. Not only was I trapper. I was a taxidermist.

Gene Pitney
Basketball, Football, Kids
"Life after Tulsa". Interview with Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2003.

I'm a performer. I've tried everything there is.

Gene Pitney
Hypnosis, Performers

When the world outside my arms is pulling us apart, press your lips to mine and hold me with your heart.

Gene Pitney
Romantic, Heart, World
Song: True Love Never Runs Smooth

Only love can break a heart, only love can mend it again.

Gene Pitney
Heart, Break, Adages
Song: Only Love Can Break A Heart

True love never runs smooth, that's what they say, but true love is worth all the pain.

Gene Pitney
Love, Running, Pain
Song: True Love Never Runs Smooth

No it isn't very pretty, what a town without pity can do.

Gene Pitney
Reality, Towns, Pity
Song: Town Without Pity

Each morning I face her window and pray that our love can be, cause that brownstone house where my baby lives is Mecca.

Gene Pitney
Baby, Religious, Morning
Song: Mecca

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