--- title: "1 Age Singer Quotes By Mel Torme" description: "1 Age Singer quotes by Mel Torme. Plus more from Mel Torme and more Age Singer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/mel-torme-23523_age_as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-th_480920.jpg" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-the-business-at-the-age-of/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/mel-torme-23523_age_as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-th_480920.jpg) ## More by Mel Torme > [So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/so-i-m-sorry-i-m-going-to-continue-to-talk-to-the-people-because-i-do/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/as-a-singer-the-biggest-joy-i-have-are-the-arrangements/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/i-hadn-t-been-a-recording-artist-all-that-long-when-albums-came-on/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/because-chicago-was-to-radio-what-hollywood-was-to-films-and-broadway/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/but-in-fairness-to-them-too-the-popular-song-per-se-is-really-a/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-the-business-at-the-age-of/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/since-the-advent-of-benny-goodman-there-have-been-too-few/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/whenever-i-did-a-good-performance-my-dad-and-my-uncles-who-were-rabid/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/to-me-nostalgia-is-nothing-more-than-a-mindless-plundering-of-the/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/how-many-radio-shows-i-did-is-lost-to-memory-now-it-s-in-the-hundreds/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/see-i-never-wrote-arrangements-for-the-band-for-judy-garland-i-did/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/there-isn-t-a-dearth-of-it-but-i-will-confess-that-it-s-harder-for-me/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/i-want-to-sing-for-the-broadest-possible-audience/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/it-may-sound-a-bit-like-an-army-barracks-but-the-truth-of-the-matter/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) > [Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/talking-money-is-crass-so-i-m-not-going-to-tell-you-what-i-made-last/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age-singer/mel-torme/#itemlist", "name": "1 Age Singer Quotes By Mel Torme", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Torme" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-the-business-at-the-age-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/mel-torme-23523_age_as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-th_480920.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/mel-torme-23523_age_as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-th_480920.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/mel-torme-23523_age_as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-th_480920.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so…” — Mel Torme", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age-singer/mel-torme/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age-singer/mel-torme/", "name": "Age Singer Quotes by Mel Torme", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age-singer/mel-torme/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/mel-torme-23523_age_as-buddy-rich-for-instance-broke-into-th_480920.jpg" }, "description": "1 Age Singer quotes by Mel Torme. 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