--- title: "1 Dated Quotes By Tony Bennett" description: "1 Dated quotes by Tony Bennett. Plus more from Tony Bennett and more Dated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/tony-bennett-4307_dated_if-music-sounds-dated-it-means-it-wasn-t_885471.png" --- > [If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/if-music-sounds-dated-it-means-it-wasn-t-very-good-in-the-first-place/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/tony-bennett-4307_dated_if-music-sounds-dated-it-means-it-wasn-t_885471.png) ## More by Tony Bennett > [When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/when-the-uncreative-tell-the-creative-what-to-do-it-stops-being-art/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/if-you-follow-your-passion-you-ll-never-work-a-day-in-your-life/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-have-an-awful-lot-to-learn-my-dream-is-to-get-better-and-better-as/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-grew-up-in-an-era-where-the-record-companies-just-sold-records-to/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [I think there's an opportunity for a couple of them for sure, maybe more depending upon the situation, but it's too early to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-think-there-s-an-opportunity-for-a-couple-of-them-for-sure-maybe/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/it-s-the-kind-of-turn-that-happened-to-the-great-country-of-germany/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/when-you-get-older-you-don-t-have-to-eat-a-lot-i-get-my-rest-and/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [Nobody has communicated with the public more than Lady Gaga. Ever. I trust the audience, and I'm very impressed. As far as they're concerned,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/nobody-has-communicated-with-the-public-more-than-lady-gaga-ever-i/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers... It's best to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/performers-should-really-go-to-the-best-schools-like-lady-gaga-you/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [I was possessed with a wonderful example of my Italian American family. They would come over and join us every Sunday, all my aunts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-was-possessed-with-a-wonderful-example-of-my-italian-american/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [Luckily for his audiences, Bennett doesn't tire of singing I Left My Heart. ... that song made me a world citizen. And when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/luckily-for-his-audiences-bennett-doesn-t-tire-of-singing-i-left-my/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-loved-art-tatum-and-through-him-and-other-different-jazz-musicians/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/more-than-anybody-else-i-d-like-to-thank-count-basie-for-teaching-me/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-respected-ella-fitzgerald-nat-king-cole-and-frank-sinatra-those/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) > [I want to try to prove that at 100, I could sing as well as I was singing when I was 45 or 43.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-want-to-try-to-prove-that-at-100-i-could-sing-as-well-as-i-was/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dated/tony-bennett/#itemlist", "name": "1 Dated Quotes By Tony Bennett", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Bennett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/if-music-sounds-dated-it-means-it-wasn-t-very-good-in-the-first-place/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/tony-bennett-4307_dated_if-music-sounds-dated-it-means-it-wasn-t_885471.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/tony-bennett-4307_dated_if-music-sounds-dated-it-means-it-wasn-t_885471.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/tony-bennett-4307_dated_if-music-sounds-dated-it-means-it-wasn-t_885471.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.” — Tony Bennett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dated/tony-bennett/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dated/tony-bennett/", "name": "Dated Quotes by Tony Bennett", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dated/tony-bennett/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/tony-bennett-4307_dated_if-music-sounds-dated-it-means-it-wasn-t_885471.png" }, "description": "1 Dated quotes by Tony Bennett. 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