I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage.
As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements. - Mel Torme
As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.
- Mel Torme
As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the ag… - Mel Torme
As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the ag…
To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace. - Mel Torme
To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.
See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys. - Mel Torme
See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.
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 al… - 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 al…
Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year. - Mel Torme
Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money. - Mel Torme
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.
I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - ti… - Mel Torme
I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - ti…
I want to sing for the broadest possible audience. - Mel Torme
I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.
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