Tony Bennett Quotes

Tony Bennett spins clever irony about stealing ideas, making a joke of moral lines.

13 quotes

1. I've taken stuff from people, too. You know though, if you steal from one person, you're just a thief. But if you steal from everyone, that's research.

2. It helps to know there is going to be continuity.

3. If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.

4. I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.

5. I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.

6. I think there's an opportunity for a couple of them for sure, maybe more depending upon the situation, but it's too early to say which ones. It's a pretty competitive fight. And that doesn't mean the older guys are just going to walk into spots. I remind them all the time - you got to earn everything you get. And that's what made our team good last year, is guys really competed for opportunities and understood their roles.

7. It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to be told off. And if we continue this kind of violence and accept it in our country, the rest of the world's going to really take care of us, in a very bad way.

8. When you get older, you don't have to eat a lot. I get my rest and sleep very well at night. It keeps me very balanced.

9. Nobody has communicated with the public more than Lady Gaga. Ever. I trust the audience, and I'm very impressed. As far as they're concerned, she's part of their family. The only guy who ever did that was Bing Crosby, years ago.

10. Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers... It's best to really study your technique as much as you possibly can so you can have a long career instead of a quick one that's a failure.

11. I was possessed with a wonderful example of my Italian American family. They would come over and join us every Sunday, all my aunts and uncles and nephews and nieces, and I would sing for them.

12. Luckily for his audiences, Bennett doesn't tire of singing I Left My Heart. ... that song made me a world citizen. And when I do it, it always feels like the first time.

13. I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.