"I hadn't been a recording artist all that……" — Mel Torme
"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 point the way to how varied an album's contents could be."
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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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Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub…
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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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More Album Quotes
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That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other…
— Sebastian Bach
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Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I…
— Adele
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
— Aaliyah
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In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely…
— Adele
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I have the time needed to support the album and tour.
— Aaliyah
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All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out…
— Jello Biafra
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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
— Mary J. Blige
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I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused. It's not OK…
— Bono
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The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when…
— Bono
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I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.
— Christina Aguilera
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But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work…
— David Bowie
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