To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace. — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
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 anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past. — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
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… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
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… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio. — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in. — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace. — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys. — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
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… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
