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> [Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one of those few. The man is magic.](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/)

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## 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/)

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