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" I don't sing operatically, and I sing very intimately, but I still do the scales, and I think in terms of intonation and making sure that I'm hitting the notes right on the head... and having it appear quite effortless. "

Tony Bennett

Still

Right

Sing

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Feel

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" I've never worked a day in my life. "

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" I have grown to appreciate the power of believing in myself and of always having faith in myself. I rarely look back; instead, I always look forward. There is so much of life that we miss when we wallow in regret. "

" I'll never retire. "

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Retire

Never

" Every week, as an 11-year-old kid, I would tune in to what was really the first American Idol-type program, a radio show called 'Major Bowes' Amateur Hour.' The winning group on the evening of September 8, 1935, was called the Hoboken Four, and their spokesman was Frank Sinatra, then aged 19. "

" 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. "

Tony Bennett

Great

Birthday

" I loved my mom so much because she had to work on a penny just to put food on the table... During the Depression in the United States, everybody had a tough time. And I was so hurt because she was crying that she didn't have any food for us for Thanksgiving. "

" I still have a lot to learn. I'm concentrating on learning a lot more about music. "

" As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn. "

" When Sinatra said, 'For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer I've ever heard,' it changed my career completely. He was my best friend, and I was his best friend... but I was never part of the Rat Pack. "

" It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you're different than anyone else. "

" I still get a little nervous before performing. You don't want to forget a lyric; you don't want to make a mistake. I still get butterflies. You can try to judge an audience, but you can only really judge things by the applause. "

" I'll call it a day when I die. It's a wonderful occupation for me. I've never worked a day in my life. "

" If something is good, it's always good. You don't have to change it. "

" I've been very fortunate. I'm doing what I love, and I'm getting away with it, you know? "

" The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized. "

" I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique. "

" I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different. "

" Singing intimately is almost like thinking into a microphone, so it helps to have the song buried inside you. "

" When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art. "

" My whole premise has been, right from the beginning, that it would take me a lifetime to learn to explain myself as an artist. As you grow older, you learn what to do and what to leave out. You kind of simplify your work and get the same thing done with fewer strokes. It's pretty interesting to me. "

Tony Bennett

Work

Myself

" I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature. "

" Presley is country music, white music. Jazz is black music - it was invented by the blacks in New Orleans. And I'm really a jazz singer. I was impressed with Elvis - he was the handsomest guy I ever met in my life, and a very nice person, too. But the music doesn't impress me. "

Tony Bennett

Life

My Life

" When you hear a great two-track of a performance in Carnegie Hall, let's say, it sounds like you're right there at that moment. It's true to reality. And the closer it gets, once it gets too technical, it becomes very tinny to hear notes. It doesn't sound right. It has to be natural. "