In an Italian household, there were two figures for me growing up - you had the Pope and you had Frank Sinatra,… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
My parents, the effect that [Frank Sinatra] had on the Italian community, in terms of all our friends at the house were… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
His [Frank Sinatra] voice defined not only a certain period of time, but America and what America meant to the world. Sinatra… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
There was something in the bel canto, not just opera, but a certain style of Italian singing that I responded to deeply. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Concurrently, while I was in school, while I was winning awards for acting, I was winning awards for singing, in high school. One of… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
My daughter [Ariana], she's a sweet, lovely girl, but she doesn't have the drive or the belief in herself. As it says in the… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a very liberal community. There are a lot of guys that are also conservative that are frightened or fearful of being able… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I met Quincy [Jones], he had heard my album, someone played the album and he flipped over it. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby, the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these Southampton parties,… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
You have to have a certain kind of celebrity to pull something that big together, but I had a whole thing called The Spirit… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
You have your children and it's hard to even hold it in - emotionally. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Here I was in Estonia, doing a concert for 5,000 people, and not many people know the song My Way - Gorbachev in the… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
My grandmother told a story that when they used to leave from Southampton to go into the City, because he had apartment buildings in… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I was born in the 50s, my mom was pregnant in the 50s, [Frank] Sinatra had that big come back around then, From Here… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
In the eighth grade I found I had a voice for opera, so I followed that path a little, but my impulse has always… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
![“My parents, the effect that [Frank Sinatra] had on the Italian community, in terms of all our friends at the house were multicultural. We weren't just Italians. My dad's close friend was a black gentleman - this was back in the early 50s when Tony Bennett was reprimanded for having lunch, when he…” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0be/robert-davi-17031_black_my-parents-the-effect-that-frank-sinatra_1382250.jpg)
![“His [Frank Sinatra] voice defined not only a certain period of time, but America and what America meant to the world. Sinatra grew up, as my grandparents did, when being Italian was very, very prejudice against, but they didn't let it bring them down or use it as an excuse.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/45c/robert-davi-17031_america_his-frank-sinatra-voice-defined-not-only_1401624.jpg)
![“My daughter [Ariana], she's a sweet, lovely girl, but she doesn't have the drive or the belief in herself. As it says in the film, I get touched up thinking about it, no one can give you a career. You have to have that inner drive. She wants it, but she doesn't know how to go for it, she's too…” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad1/robert-davi-17031_beautiful_my-daughter-ariana-she-s-a-sweet-lovely_233078.jpg)
![“I met Quincy [Jones], he had heard my album, someone played the album and he flipped over it.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c0/robert-davi-17031_albums_i-met-quincy-jones-he-had-heard-my-album_355427.jpg)
![“[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/65a/robert-davi-17031_film_frank-sinatra-to-everyone-even-tony-benn_740924.jpg)
![“Here I was in Estonia, doing a concert for 5,000 people, and not many people know the song My Way - Gorbachev in the 80s, My Way had just become a famous song, and [Mikhail] Gorbachev in a satirical, kind of cynical manner coined the term the Sinatra Doctrine and My Way was the song because the…” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/413/robert-davi-17031_80s_here-i-was-in-estonia-doing-a-concert-fo_770631.jpg)
![“I was born in the 50s, my mom was pregnant in the 50s, [Frank] Sinatra had that big come back around then, From Here to Eternity.” quote by Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/579/robert-davi-17031_bigs_i-was-born-in-the-50s-my-mom-was-pregnan_858538.jpg)
