--- title: "1 Felt Compelled Quotes By Tony Bennett" description: "1 Felt Compelled quotes by Tony Bennett. Plus more from Tony Bennett and more Felt Compelled sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/tony-bennett-4307_backwards_i-m-not-the-type-of-person-who-likes-to_1133673.png" --- > [I'm not the type of person who likes to look backwards. I've always felt compelled to move forward and I've never been one to dwell in the past. All the people I've met, all the places I've been, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/i-m-not-the-type-of-person-who-likes-to-look-backwards-i-ve-always/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/tony-bennett-4307_backwards_i-m-not-the-type-of-person-who-likes-to_1133673.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/felt-compelled/tony-bennett/#itemlist", "name": "1 Felt Compelled Quotes By Tony Bennett", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not the type of person who likes to look backwards. I've always felt compelled to move forward and I've never been one to dwell in the past. 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