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Mel Torme Quotes
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. - Mel Torme Quotes
As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements. - Mel Torme Quotes
As regards my feelings about drummers - theres Buddy Rich, and then theres everybody else. - Mel Torme Quotes
Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio. - Mel Torme Quotes
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money. - Mel Torme Quotes
Buddy Rich is one of a kind; hes a genius, and thats all there is to it. - Mel Torme Quotes
But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in. - Mel Torme Quotes
How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; its in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen. - Mel Torme Quotes
I didnt really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and youre all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage. - Mel Torme Quotes
I dont want to compete with - I want to be very careful how I say this - the majority of amateurs who weekly break into the business. - Mel Torme Quotes
I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America. - Mel Torme Quotes
I hadnt 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 albums contents could be. - Mel Torme Quotes
I want to sing for the broadest possible audience. - Mel Torme Quotes
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. - Mel Torme Quotes
I would be a liar if I said it wouldnt be lovely and soothing - thats the word - to have a hit single or a hit album. - Mel Torme Quotes
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 - Ive written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section. - Mel Torme Quotes
My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer. - Mel Torme Quotes
Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I dont give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two. - Mel Torme Quotes
See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys. - Mel Torme Quotes
So Im sorry, Im 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. - Mel Torme Quotes
Talking money is crass; so Im not going to tell you what I made last year. - Mel Torme Quotes
There are musicians in my business who are very dour people, who are angry for one reason or another, who are malcontents or whatever. - Mel Torme Quotes
There isnt a dearth of it, but I will confess that its harder for me to find songs on which Im willing to invest anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past. - Mel Torme Quotes
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. - Mel Torme Quotes
Whereas a musician is luckier; a lot of times, the reflection of what he is as a human being is not even remotely carried through in what he plays. - Mel Torme Quotes
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