Mel Torme ,quotes

I was a singer professionally ...

I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old.

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As Buddy Rich, for instance, b...

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.

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I'm going to continue to talk ...

I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

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As regards my feelings about d...

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

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Buddy Rich is one of a kind; h...

Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.

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I want to sing for the broades...

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

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Whenever I did a good performa...

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

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Since the advent of Benny Good...

Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one of those few. The man is magic.

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But, in fairness to them, too,...

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

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I would be a liar if I said it...

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

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To me, nostalgia is nothing mo...

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

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I hadn't been a recording arti...

I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to point the way to how varied an album's contents could be.

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It may sound a bit like an arm...

It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.

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As a singer, the biggest joy I...

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

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Because obviously the whole pu...

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

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I got into radio when I was ei...

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

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Because Chicago was to radio w...

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

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Talking money is crass; so I'm...

Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.

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See, I never wrote arrangement...

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

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My initial career, really, as ...

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

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