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Mel Torme Quotes

Mel Torme quotes

American Musician December 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999

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Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film. Mel Torme
Mel Torme quote: "I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing..."
I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album. Mel Torme
It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section. Mel Torme
How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen. Mel Torme
So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer. Mel Torme
There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past. 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 age of four as a singer. Mel Torme
Mel Torme quote: "Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all..."
Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it. Mel Torme
Mel Torme quote: "My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer."
My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer. Mel Torme
Mel Torme quote: "Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is..."
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money. Mel Torme
Mel Torme quote: "As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich,..."
As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else. Mel Torme
Mel Torme quote: "But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is..."
But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in. Mel Torme
Mel Torme quote: "Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I..."
Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year. Mel Torme
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. Mel Torme
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. Mel Torme

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