Burt Bacharach
Birthday: 12 May 1928, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Height: 173 cm
Burt Bacharach is a well known and multi award winning singer and song writer. He has been married to Jane Hansen since 1993, and they have two children together. She is his fourth wife and he has fou ...Show More
I'm very lucky that so many of the songs I wrote were written at the time they were. A good song is Show more
I'm very lucky that so many of the songs I wrote were written at the time they were. A good song is still a good song, it's just so much harder now to make it exist and last. Do you go into a piano bar and hear a song by 'N Sync or the Backstreet Boys? Is there anyone covering songs from Spring Awakening [the alt-rock musical]? Hide
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
I'm very appreciative of the way I'm appreciated in various parts of the world. But I have trouble r Show more
I'm very appreciative of the way I'm appreciated in various parts of the world. But I have trouble retaining the high. You finish a concert; it's been good. People backstage tell you how great you are, tell you stories about how this song or that song changed their life, then you go back to your hotel; you switch on the television set, and . . . you're alone. When I lived in Santa Monica with Jane, it was always kind of a downer coming off the road. She'd say to me: 'You're Santa Monica Burt now. Santa Monica Burt doesn't get a standing ovation every time he walks down Main Street'. Hide
I never did much of the drugs, y'know? Although I did used to like a Jack Daniel's. These days, it's Show more
I never did much of the drugs, y'know? Although I did used to like a Jack Daniel's. These days, it's just a glass of wine with dinner. Hide
I've written some really bad songs, which you'll never hear. An example? 'Underneath the Overpass.'
I've written some really bad songs, which you'll never hear. An example? 'Underneath the Overpass.'
Brian Wilson's brilliant but really lucky to be all together, to be able to perform. In fact I think Show more
Brian Wilson's brilliant but really lucky to be all together, to be able to perform. In fact I think it's miraculous. Hide
Elvis Costello is a good guy. He is very intense. When we were working on 'Painted from Memory,' I c Show more
Elvis Costello is a good guy. He is very intense. When we were working on 'Painted from Memory,' I could always bet that at 2.30am, if I was up and thinking about something, then he'd be up and thinking about the same thing, too. Hide
The groovy thing about pop music is that it's wide open. Anything can happen.
The groovy thing about pop music is that it's wide open. Anything can happen.
They put a label on my music. They called it 'easy listening'. I don't think my songs are easy liste Show more
They put a label on my music. They called it 'easy listening'. I don't think my songs are easy listening. I don't think 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' is easy listening. Hide
It's hard to be married to someone in the business. Carole Bayer Sager and I wrote some really good Show more
It's hard to be married to someone in the business. Carole Bayer Sager and I wrote some really good songs - we had three No 1 hits together. But I think you have to be grown-up, and I don't think I've been particularly grown-up in some of these marriages that I've had. Hide
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