Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I love Puccini and that oriental influence in his music. "

Related Quotes:

" When I was a kid, I had to try a lot of pyrotechnics just so people would know who I was. "

" I was very fortunate to have a wonderful woman as my voice coach when I started singing professionally. I was only 19, so now it's been 60 years! "

" I started off as a kid singing with my dad. My dad was my best pal. But he had seven kids, and I was the only one who was kind of interested in what he was playing and singing at the piano. And he was not only my dad, but he was my best pal, and I was interested in doing whatever he wanted to. "

" When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice. "

" No, I don't regret my decision at all, especially after I started this music career. My eyes were as big as saucers. "

" I've had several unavoidable problems because of my athletic career. "

" All of a sudden, I was in charge of my own decisions in the studio, and I didn't have someone to guide me on what I was doing, right or wrong... I wasn't a producer, and I didn't realize until then how important producers were and how much they assisted me in my work. I tried to do what I could, but I had no idea what would be good for the market. "

" For me, hearing my voice is sometimes a little nauseating, especially at Christmas. "

" I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete. "

" I thought I sounded a little like Eartha Kitt for a long time, and I didn't like it. "

" Mancini was a big part of my life. I sang a lot of his music, and he became a good buddy. "

" Years ago, I went to Brazil and fell in love with it. I really like the music, samba, bossa nova, the language and the people. "

" I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do. "

" People are stubborn about what they perceive to be the right thing or the wrong thing, and it takes a long time to filter this human condition. There's a waiting period until people catch up. But if you have patience - which it takes when someone thinks differently from you - everybody always catches up. That patience is a wonderful virtue. "

" It's just that some people are lucky and people still seem to enjoy the music. "

" At this stage, most of the awards I get are concerned with my longevity. Even I'm amazed at myself because there have been new generations since I've been born and new music that they create, so it's amazing to still be on the radar. "

" The thing that means most to me is the joy that my mom and my dad got because of my career... They raised seven children on domestic wages, in a city like San Francisco, and did nothing but work, work, work. "

" I think most people don't understand: I have nothing to do with that. I just open my mouth, and it comes out that way. "

" But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity. "

" When I go out shopping and pass a bookstore, I always grab a couple of cookbooks, so I have a library of them. I end up keeping many that I got years and years ago because they work so well. "

" You know the secret to dunking a ball? Big hands. You've got to be able to palm it, and I couldn't. "

" My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea. "

" I've found that the more friends I have, the luckier I am. "

" First, I try to take everything away that doesn't matter to singing. It sounds simplistic, but it works. There is absolute focus on singing: producing sounds and emotions that I have always enjoyed. This is key. "

" Nat was my hero right from the very beginning. My dad brought his music into the house and played it over and over again. "

" Every time I try to tell people things about my career, I wonder if that's the truth or something I'm fantasizing about. "

" Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past. "

" There are not so many songs written about love today like there were in the past. It's all changed, but that's why my songs still last as big favorites today. "

" I've recorded in Portuguese, too. I didn't set out to just sing ballads or romantic songs. "

" I always felt like what I was doing wasn't selling toys; I was making a happy sound at Christmas. When people hear something so familiar, it brings them back to a special place, and that's been meaningful for me. "