“Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.” YearsMadeLastsTalkingLast YearCrass Author: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.” TogetherSpecialMaterialsBandArrangementsGarlandsMedley Author: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.” YearsShowsLostMemoriesRadioEightFifteen Author: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.” SongStageQuietPerformancesFolksEightNineSupposed To BeTheatricalHere I Am Author: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 album's contents could be.” WayFirstsLongArtistSceneAlbumsSingers Author: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 - till I was about nine years old.” YearsFirstsPlayCoursesFourInstrumentsSingersNineFour YearsNine Years Author: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.” GivingTwoThreeCareersRight NowMarkPerformersPrecedent Author:Mel Torme
“The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty.” InterestNewsAbandonedNovelty Author:Thomas B. Griffith