Frank Sinatra Quotes & Sayings

Las Vegas is the only place I know where money really talks
it says, Goodbye. — Frank Sinatra

I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me ... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. — Frank Sinatra

Deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac ... It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people. — Frank Sinatra

Rock n' roll is the most disgusting form of expression, it's brutal, malefic, a pestilential aphrodisiac, the preferred music of the delinquents of the earth. — Frank Sinatra

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth. — Frank Sinatra

Don't respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong. — Frank Sinatra

I get an audience personally involved in a song - because I'm involved myself. It's not something I do deliberately: I can't help myself. If the song is a lament at the loss of love, I get an ache in my gut. I feel the loss myself and I cry out the loneliness, the hurt and the pain that I feel. — Frank Sinatra

You may be a puzzle, but I like the way the parts fit. — Frank Sinatra

When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out. — Frank Sinatra

Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars. — Frank Sinatra

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. — Frank Sinatra

Someone said drink the water, but I will drink the wine
Someone said take a poor man, the rich don't have a dime
Go fool yourself, if you will, I just haven't got the time
I'll give you back your water, and I will take the wine. — Frank Sinatra

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing
Each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race — Frank Sinatra

Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium. — Frank Sinatra

There are several things I think I would have done if I had the chance again. I would have been a little more patient about getting out into the world. I would have seen to it that I had a more formal education. I would have become an accomplished mu — Frank Sinatra

You've got to be on the ball from the minute you step out into that spotlight. You gotta know exactly what you're doing every second on that stage, otherwise the act goes right into the bathroom. It's all over. Good night. — Frank Sinatra

Bad reviews I've gotten never diminished the number of people in my audience; good reviews have never added to the number of people in my audience; be your own critic. — Frank Sinatra

Don't get even, get mad. — Frank Sinatra

If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it ... it possesses you. — Frank Sinatra

What's [the Beatles'] I Am the Walrus all about? — Frank Sinatra

You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass. — Frank Sinatra

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy. — Frank Sinatra

You are the promised kiss of springtime that makes the lonely winter seem long. You are the breathless hush of evening that trembles on the brink of a lovely song. — Frank Sinatra

The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything. — Frank Sinatra

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. — Frank Sinatra

In Hoboken, when I was a kid, I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. — Frank Sinatra

That's life (that's life), I tell you I can't deny it
I thought of quitting, baby, but my heart just ain't gonna buy it
And if I didn't think it was worth one single try
I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly — Frank Sinatra

The only male singer who I've seen besides myself and who's better than me
that is Michael Jackson. — Frank Sinatra

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it. — Frank Sinatra

If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It's one world, pal. We're all neighbors. — Frank Sinatra

Look down - look down that lonesome road
Before you travel on — Frank Sinatra

To me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle. The witch doctor tries to convince us that we have to ask God for help, to spell out to him what we need, even to bribe him with prayer or cash on the line. — Frank Sinatra

You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady. — Frank Sinatra

I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest. — Frank Sinatra

I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps — Frank Sinatra

You've either got or you haven't got style, and if you've got it you stand out a mile. — Frank Sinatra

[Dean Martin] is an absolute, unqualified drunk. And if we ever develop an Olympic drinking team, he's gonna be the coach ... Dean Martin has been stoned more often than the United States embassies. — Frank Sinatra

For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business. He excites me when I watch him. He moves me. He's the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more. — Frank Sinatra

If I had as many love affairs as I've been given credit for, I'd be in a jar at the Harvard Medical School. — Frank Sinatra

I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea', there was only one thing to do-break his head. When I got older, I realized that you shouldn't do it that way. I realized that you've got to do it through education. Children are not to blame. It is the parents. How can a child know whether his playmate is an Italian, a Jew or Irish, unless the parents have discussed it in the privacy of their homes. — Frank Sinatra

There are things about organized religion which I resent. Christ is revered as the Prince of Peace, but more blood has been shed in his name than any other figure in history. You show me one step forward in the name of religion, and I'll show you a hundred retrogressions ... I'm for decency - period. I'm for anything and everything that bodes love and consideration for my fellow man. But when lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday - count me out. — Frank Sinatra

[Answering the phone] Hello, this is a recording, you've dialed the right number, now hang up and don't do it again. — Frank Sinatra

I said to Mr. Pavarotti once ... a marvelous man and a great artist ... I said to him ... "Maestro, I'm having trouble closing out a note so that it's almost as thin as a butter knife ... finish it out quietly like that." I said, "I have trouble doing that. What do you think I should do?" He said, "Justa close up your mouth." That's all he said, and I fell on the floor. I thought he was gonna give me a dissertation. — Frank Sinatra

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent. — Frank Sinatra

Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail. — Frank Sinatra

For what is a man, what has he got. If not himself, then he has naught. — Frank Sinatra

The best revenge is massive success. — Frank Sinatra

A friend to me has no race, no class and belongs to no minority. My friendships were formed out of affection, mutual respect and a feeling of having something strong in common. These are eternal values that cannot be racially classified. This is the way I look at race. — Frank Sinatra

Cock your hat - angles are attitudes. — Frank Sinatra

....A simple I love you means more than money.... — Frank Sinatra

When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility. — Frank Sinatra

The cigarettes you light one after another won't help you forget her. — Frank Sinatra

Nothing anybody's said or written about me ever bothers me, except when it does. — Frank Sinatra

Fresh air makes me throw up. I can't handle it. I'd rather be around three Denobili cigars blowing in my face all night. — Frank Sinatra

People who make a living off other people's fortunes or misfortunes are parasites. — Frank Sinatra

A friend is never an imposition. — Frank Sinatra

My greatest teacher was not a vocal coach, not the work of other singers, but the way Tommy Dorsey breathed and phrased on the trombone. — Frank Sinatra

You better get busy living, because dying's a pain in the ass. — Frank Sinatra

I feel sorry for people that don't drink, because when they wake up in the morning, that is the best they are going to feel all day- — Frank Sinatra

The reading of the song is vital. The written word is first always ... first. Not belittling the music, but it really is a backdrop. To convey the meaning of a song you need to look at the lyric and understand it. — Frank Sinatra

Never yawn in front of a lady. — Frank Sinatra

Now there's a grown-up swinging town. — Frank Sinatra

Dare to wear the foolish clown face. — Frank Sinatra

And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive.
Then here is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart. — Frank Sinatra

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. — Frank Sinatra

I believe in you and me. I'm like Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein in that I have a respect for life
in any form. I believe in nature, in the birds, the sea, the sky, in everything I can see or that there is real evidence for. If these things are what you mean by God, then I believe in God. But I don't believe in a personal God to whom I look for comfort or for a natural on the next roll of the dice. — Frank Sinatra

Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. — Frank Sinatra

At heart, I guess I'm a saloon singer because there's a greater intimacy between performer and audience in a nightclub. Then again, I love the excitement of appearing before a big concert audience. Let's just say that the place isn't important, as long as everybody has a good time. — Frank Sinatra

Fairy tales can come true
It can happen to you
If you're young at heart — Frank Sinatra

A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then, it's too late. — Frank Sinatra

Oh, I just wish someone would try to hurt you so I could kill them for you. — Frank Sinatra

As you may know, I have many good friends in the press who, unfortunately, have thus far refused to identify themselves and go public. — Frank Sinatra

It took me a long, long time to learn what I now know, and I don't want that to die with me. — Frank Sinatra

There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man. — Frank Sinatra

Don't hide your scars. They make you who you are — Frank Sinatra

That's life,and I can't deny it/Many times I thought of cuttin' out but my heart won't buy it. — Frank Sinatra

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels. — Frank Sinatra

If power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love , then you haven't really got any. — Frank Sinatra

I'm like Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein in that I have a respect for life - in any form. I believe in nature, in the birds, the sea, the sky, in everything I can see or that there is real evidence for. If these things are what you mean by God, then I believe in God. — Frank Sinatra

Only sing - don't do cheap songs, don't do silly songs, just do, just do wonderful songs that are well-written. — Frank Sinatra

I'm just a singer, Elvis was the embodiment of the whole American culture. — Frank Sinatra

The record shows, I took the blows . And did it my way. — Frank Sinatra

You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough. — Frank Sinatra

Way down among Brazilians. Coffee beans grow by the billions. So they've got to find those extra cups to fill. They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil — Frank Sinatra

It was a staggering moment when I first heard the news. Lennon was a most talented man and above all, a gentle soul. John and his colleagues set a high standard by which contemporary music continues to be measured. — Frank Sinatra

It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. — Frank Sinatra

I've always had a theory that whenever guys and gals start swinging, they begin to lose interest in conquering the world. They just want a comfortable pad and stereo and wheels, and their thoughts turn to the good things of life - not to war. They loosen up, they live and they're more apt to let live. — Frank Sinatra

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they even write it. And if I'm good, I know I'm good. I know best about myself, so a critic doesn't anger me. — Frank Sinatra

Cock your hats, angles are attitudes — Frank Sinatra

Most of what has been written about me is one big blur, but I do remember being described in one simple word that I agree with. It was in a piece that tore me apart for my personal behavior, but the writer said that when the music began and I started to sing, I was "honest." — Frank Sinatra

Here's to the confusion of our enemies! — Frank Sinatra

Ya gotta love livin', pally, cuz dyin's a pain in the ass! — Frank Sinatra

Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can. — Frank Sinatra

I am a thing of beauty. — Frank Sinatra

That's life (that's life), that's what all the people say
You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune
When I'm back on top, back on top in June — Frank Sinatra

Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention. — Frank Sinatra

You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody. You buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody. — Frank Sinatra

I'm trying to figure out, Chairman of what Board? People come up to me and seriously say: 'Well, what are you Chairman of?' And I can't answer them. — Frank Sinatra

You can be the most artistically perfect performer in the world, but an audience is like a broad
if you're indifferent, Endsville. — Frank Sinatra

The best is yet to come and won't that be fine. — Frank Sinatra