We of the soft-crooning radio type of singer are giving the people what they want. The American public as a whole does not care for full-throated operatic singing. And why should it? Down through the ages, it has been the… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
I hope always to be busy, even if only directing an orchestra in the pit. However, I should prefer to produce movies or be the directing head of a radio corporation. — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
We of the soft-crooning radio type of singer are giving the people what they want. The American public as a whole does not care… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
To me, the capacity to earn money has never been a measurement of success. It is my belief that people must develop a philosophy… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
I hope always to be busy, even if only directing an orchestra in the pit. However, I should prefer to produce movies or be… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling. — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
Composers now just don't have the depth of inspiration for melody. Most of the lyrics of the pop songs you hear today are repetitious.… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and '30s, '40s and early '50s were written by veterans - mostly men who'd had… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
The sweetest things in life to you were just loaned, so how can you lose what you've never owned. — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
The kids of today have taken over the music business - most of them very young. Simply because they write and jot down a… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
It's too bad that there aren't as many light comedies around in the movies as there were when I was making pictures like 'The… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
As for radio and movies, I like the movies better, although the work is much harder. The cinema has microphone technique, staging, and glamour… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
