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" I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing. "
Tony Bennett
Me
Job
Life
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" 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. "
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You
Mistake
" 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. "
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" If something is good, it's always good. You don't have to change it. "
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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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Best
Years
Time
" The whole music world is based on the young, the very young people. "
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Whole
Very
" I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs. Today, record companies are failing because they are putting their accent just on the young, and I think that's rather silly. "
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Up
Young
" To me, life is a gift, and it's a blessing to just be alive. And each person should learn what a gift it is to be alive no matter how tough things get. "
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Gift
Tough
Me
" Singing intimately is almost like thinking into a microphone, so it helps to have the song buried inside you. "
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Thinking
You
" No matter what age you are, there's a lot of room for learning. "
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Room
Lot
Learning
" 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. "
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Believe
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" The young people look great on television. They're youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven't got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so. "
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Training
Energy
Great
" I'll never retire. "
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Retire
Never
" I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature. "
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Nature
You
Top
" 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. "
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Day
Life
Die
" 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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Great
Birthday
Me
" More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform. "
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Than
More
Like
" 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
Me
Myself
" 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. "
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Friend
Career
Best Friend
" Every show is different. The public has always been nice to me. I'm fortunate that way. "
Tony Bennett
Always
Way
Show
" 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
" As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn. "
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Live
Learn
Boy
" 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. "
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Me
Life
My Life
" 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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Rest
Night
Me
" 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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Feel Good
Ambition
People
" Singing is a gift. "
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Gift
Singing
" The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized. "
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Honest
Become
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" I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different. "
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Tie
You
Think
" To work is to feel alive. "
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Feel
Alive
Work
" Every day feels like just starting out because I still have so much more to learn. "
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Every Day
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Learn
" I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique. "
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