Mel Torme

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

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.

Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.