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Never treat the audience disrespectfully.

~Tony Bennett

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In America, at the beginning of talkies, they pulled Fred Astaire from the theaters and put him on the screen and had all of these great composers write songs for him. They call it the Great American Songbook; I call it the Fred Astaire Songbook because they were written for him.

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The United States created the best popular songs that were ever written, and from the 1920s to the 1940s, it was a renaissance period. It stopped in 1950.

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Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records, and he brought in Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole. He just let them sing whatever they wanted, and it became the best record company in America.

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As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

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I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was.

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Lady Gaga is the Picasso of the entertainment world. She's very intelligent.

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The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized.

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Every show is different. The public has always been nice to me. I'm fortunate that way.

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Singing is a gift.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 3rd, 1926

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