"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was……" — Mel Torme
"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio."
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Mel Torme
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24 Quotes by Mel Torme
Mel Torme has 24 quotes on this site.
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To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.
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I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.
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Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the…
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Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken…
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But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.
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I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to…
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I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.
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As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums,…
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It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some…
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As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.
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Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.
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Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.
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I would love to be on Broadway!
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I own four copies of Robin WIlliams's Live on Broadway comedy special for HBO. One in Wilmington, one in L.A.,…
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I'd love to do Broadway some day. Before I started doing television I was just a primarily a stage actor,…
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Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.
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I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I…
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I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards.
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But what was most remarkable, Broadway being three miles long, and the booths lining each side of it, in every…
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I represent where them killers at 145th and Broadway you get your head cracked
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I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle
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I've been blessed by doing classic plays on Broadway, which was one of my great dreams forever.
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