American - Musician | August 3, 1926 -
I was taught never to compromise: to never sing a cheap song. I never look down at the audience and think that they are ignorant or think that I'm more intelligent than they are. To think otherwise is totally incorrect and runs contrary to everything I was raised to believe.
Tony Bennett
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I love entertaining people; I strive to make them feel good, and they make me feel wonderful. To explain it simply, I like what I do, and my ambition is to get better as I get older. That's really what I'm all about.
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If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.
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Fame comes and goes. Longevity is the thing to aim for.
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The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I've been sold out ever since.
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Sinatra invited me once to his birthday party in L.A. I was young, and I felt great about it. But when I got there, the Rat Pack were all in the kitchen laughing their heads off.
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I take care of myself. I work out three times a week. I have a trainer, and we just work out for an hour.
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When you get older, you don't have to eat a lot. I get my rest and sleep very well at night. It keeps me very balanced.
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For many years, I've always been attached to what they call the Great American Songbook, and Kern was a great leader of that because he had the classical training of Europe. He impressed all the greatest composers, like Cole Porter and Gershwin. They couldn't believe he was writing the songs he was writing.
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Nobody has communicated with the public more than Lady Gaga. Ever. I trust the audience, and I'm very impressed. As far as they're concerned, she's part of their family. The only guy who ever did that was Bing Crosby, years ago.
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Mercer was very clever. He knew the way Southerners spoke and put that into his lyrics. But in that whole era, you had the best. Harold Arlen was just fantastic. Cole Porter was better than anybody, and Gershwin was Gershwin, y'know. Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records, and he brought in Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole.
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I had the greatest time of my life in England for a couple of years, and Robert Farnon made some of the best music I've ever been around.
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