Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two.
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…
- 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… - 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…
As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements. - Mel Torme
As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.
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.
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.
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.
I want to sing for the broadest possible audience. - Mel Torme
I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.
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…
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