Danny Kaye



Danny Kaye (18 January 1911 – 3 March 1987), born David Daniel Kaminsky, was an American actor, singer and comedian.

Quotes

 * Civilization? I'll stay right here [in the Congo]!
 * "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (1947), Decca


 * I am a wife-made man.
 * Referring to the contributions that his wife Sylvia Fine's songs made to his career


 * I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.

Quotes about Kaye

 * I can't say what Danny Kaye is like in private life. There are too many of them.
 * Sylvia Fine; quoted in


 * I can say what Danny Kaye is like in real life. He's nice and gentle but he has a bit of a mean streak.
 * Annie Kickbags; quoted in


 * exclusively verbal humor have been conveyed by Harpo Marx, who with Charles Chaplin, Jimmy Savo, and Danny Kaye, ranks as a master artist of pantomime.
 * Muriel Rukeyser The Life of Poetry (1949)