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If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.

~Tony Bennett

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The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I've been sold out ever since.

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I still get a little nervous before performing. You don't want to forget a lyric; you don't want to make a mistake. I still get butterflies. You can try to judge an audience, but you can only really judge things by the applause.

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Sinatra invited me once to his birthday party in L.A. I was young, and I felt great about it. But when I got there, the Rat Pack were all in the kitchen laughing their heads off.

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Singing intimately is almost like thinking into a microphone, so it helps to have the song buried inside you.

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I take care of myself. I work out three times a week. I have a trainer, and we just work out for an hour.

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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 very balanced.

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For many years, I've always been attached to what they call the Great American Songbook, and Kern was a great leader of that because he had the classical training of Europe. He impressed all the greatest composers, like Cole Porter and Gershwin. They couldn't believe he was writing the songs he was writing.

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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, she's part of their family. The only guy who ever did that was Bing Crosby, years ago.

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Mercer was very clever. He knew the way Southerners spoke and put that into his lyrics. But in that whole era, you had the best. Harold Arlen was just fantastic. Cole Porter was better than anybody, and Gershwin was Gershwin, y'know. Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records, and he brought in Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 3rd, 1926

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