Songs My Mother Taught Me (Marlon Brando book) Songs My Mother Taught Me (Marlon Brando book) Songs My Mother Taught Me an autobiography by Marlon Brando with Robert Lindsey as co-author, published in 1994. The book deals with Brando's childhood, his memories of being a struggling actor and of his various relationships with his family and with other actors, producers, and directors. He also talks candidly about his sex life. The book has been translated into several languages, including a Persian version translated by Niki Karimi in 1999. Notably, little to no mention is made of his wives or children. It was said that he made this a
David Drake (actor) "Songs My Mother Never Taught Me", written and performed by Deborah Karpel, which premiered at the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen, Germany, in June, 2009. In July 2009 he participated in the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, workshopping Taylor Mac's five-act musical "Lily's Revenge". This was his second trip to Sundance, having directed the workshop of Edmund White's "Terre Haute" in 2005. He is a frequent collaborator of New York producer Paul Lucas, for whom he has directed "that Woman", "The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac", "Stand Up/Lie Down", and "Songs My Mother Never Taught Me". He is currently the artistic director of the