--- title: "4 Italian Quotes By Robert Davi" description: "4 Italian quotes by Robert Davi. Plus more from Robert Davi and more Italian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/robert-davi-17031_courses_in-an-italian-household-there-were-two-f_1279229.jpg" --- > [In an Italian household, there were two figures for me growing up - you had the Pope and you had Frank Sinatra,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/in-an-italian-household-there-were-two-figures-for-me-growing-up-you/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/robert-davi-17031_courses_in-an-italian-household-there-were-two-f_1279229.jpg) > [ My parents, the effect that \[Frank Sinatra\] had on the Italian community, in terms of all our friends at the house were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/my-parents-the-effect-that-frank-sinatra-had-on-the-italian-community/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/his-frank-sinatra-voice-defined-not-only-a-certain-period-of-time-but/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/robert-davi-17031_america_his-frank-sinatra-voice-defined-not-only_1401624.jpg) > [There was something in the bel canto, not just opera, but a certain style of Italian singing that I responded to deeply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/there-was-something-in-the-bel-canto-not-just-opera-but-a-certain/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/robert-davi-17031_certain_there-was-something-in-the-bel-canto-not_2510472.jpg) ## Other authors on Italian - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexis-arquette-11174.jpg) William C. Brown 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/william-c-brown/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lidia-bastianich-60192.jpg) Lidia Bastianich 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/lidia-bastianich/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-benito-mussolini-17095.jpg) Benito Mussolini 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/benito-mussolini/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-gino-d-acampo-5671.jpg) Gino D'Acampo 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/gino-d-acampo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-riccardo-tisci-78355.jpg) Riccardo Tisci 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/riccardo-tisci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mario-batali-63922.jpg) Mario Batali 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/mario-batali/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-beverly-pepper-17649.jpg) Diego Della Valle 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/diego-della-valle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-pacino-10179.jpg) Al Pacino 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/al-pacino/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-monica-bellucci-68996.jpg) Monica Bellucci 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/monica-bellucci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-scorsese-64785.jpg) Martin Scorsese 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/martin-scorsese/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lapo-elkann-58538.jpg) Lapo Elkann 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/lapo-elkann/) ## More by Robert Davi > [Concurrently, while I was in school, while I was winning awards for acting, I was winning awards for singing, in high school. One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/concurrently-while-i-was-in-school-while-i-was-winning-awards-for/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/my-daughter-ariana-she-s-a-sweet-lovely-girl-but-she-doesn-t-have-the/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [Hollywood is a very liberal community. There are a lot of guys that are also conservative that are frightened or fearful of being able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/hollywood-is-a-very-liberal-community-there-are-a-lot-of-guys-that/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [ I met Quincy \[Jones\], he had heard my album, someone played the album and he flipped over it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/i-met-quincy-jones-he-had-heard-my-album-someone-played-the-album-and/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby, the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these Southampton parties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/i-think-back-when-i-saw-the-great-gatsby-the-film-my-grandfather/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [You have to have a certain kind of celebrity to pull something that big together, but I had a whole thing called The Spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/you-have-to-have-a-certain-kind-of-celebrity-to-pull-something-that/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [You have your children and it's hard to even hold it in - emotionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/you-have-your-children-and-it-s-hard-to-even-hold-it-in-emotionally/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [ \[Frank\] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/frank-sinatra-to-everyone-even-tony-bennett-was-such-a-huge-influence/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [Here I was in Estonia, doing a concert for 5,000 people, and not many people know the song My Way - Gorbachev in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/here-i-was-in-estonia-doing-a-concert-for-5-000-people-and-not-many/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [My grandmother told a story that when they used to leave from Southampton to go into the City, because he had apartment buildings in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/my-grandmother-told-a-story-that-when-they-used-to-leave-from/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [ I was born in the 50s, my mom was pregnant in the 50s, \[Frank\] Sinatra had that big come back around then, From Here… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/i-was-born-in-the-50s-my-mom-was-pregnant-in-the-50s-frank-sinatra/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [In the eighth grade I found I had a voice for opera, so I followed that path a little, but my impulse has always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/in-the-eighth-grade-i-found-i-had-a-voice-for-opera-so-i-followed/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [As a kid, you either wanted to play Bond or a Bond villain. Ask any of my friends in entertainment, whether they are actors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/as-a-kid-you-either-wanted-to-play-bond-or-a-bond-villain-ask-any-of/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [ Quincy \[Jones\] is one of the greatest world figures, of all-time. I mean he's up there with Muhammad Ali, as far as I'm concerned.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/quincy-jones-is-one-of-the-greatest-world-figures-of-all-time-i-mean/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) > [In an Italian household, there were two figures for me growing up - you had the Pope and you had Frank Sinatra, and, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-davi/in-an-italian-household-there-were-two-figures-for-me-growing-up-you/) [Robert Davi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-davi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/robert-davi/#itemlist", "name": "4 Italian Quotes By Robert Davi", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In an Italian household, there were two figures for me growing up - you had the Pope and you had Frank Sinatra, and, of course, Tony Bennett. 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