Rudy Vallee

We of the soft-crooning radio type of singer are giving the people what they want. The American public as a whole does…

— Rudy Vallee

Chivalry is not only dead, it’s decomposed.

— Rudy Vallee

To me, the capacity to earn money has never been a measurement of success. It is my belief that people must develop…

— Rudy Vallee

I hope always to be busy, even if only directing an orchestra in the pit. However, I should prefer to produce movies…

— Rudy Vallee

I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling.

— Rudy Vallee

Composers now just don't have the depth of inspiration for melody. Most of the lyrics of the pop songs you hear today…

— Rudy Vallee

The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and '30s, '40s and early '50s were written by veterans - mostly men…

— Rudy Vallee

The sweetest things in life to you were just loaned, so how can you lose what you've never owned.

— Rudy Vallee

The kids of today have taken over the music business - most of them very young. Simply because they write and jot…

— Rudy Vallee

It's too bad that there aren't as many light comedies around in the movies as there were when I was making pictures…

— Rudy Vallee

As for radio and movies, I like the movies better, although the work is much harder. The cinema has microphone technique, staging,…

— Rudy Vallee