I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Intimate singing had a wonderful style in the '30s and '40s. It came out of Broadway and the jazz of Louis Armstrong… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Every week, as an 11-year-old kid, I would tune in to what was really the first American Idol-type program, a radio show… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I've been… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
For many years, I've always been attached to what they call the Great American Songbook, and Kern was a great leader of… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Sinatra invited me once to his birthday party in L.A. I was young, and I felt great about it. But when I… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
When Sinatra said, 'For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer I've ever heard,' it changed my career completely. He was… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
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… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
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… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
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… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
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,… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
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… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I was possessed with a wonderful example of my Italian American family. They would come over and join us every Sunday, all my aunts… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Luckily for his audiences, Bennett doesn't tire of singing I Left My Heart. ... that song made me a world citizen. And when I… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I want to try to prove that at 100, I could sing as well as I was singing when I was 45 or 43.… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
