Top 22 Quotes by 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.

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.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

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.

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.

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.