Tony Bennett Song Quotes & Sayings

Singing intimately is almost like thinking into a microphone, so it helps to have the song buried inside you. — Tony Bennett

I have to say I owe my career to the master composers of the Great American Songbook who have written such high-quality songs - the best popular music ever composed. — Tony Bennett

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. — Tony Bennett

I was taught never to compromise: to never sing a cheap song. I never look down at the audience and think that they are ignorant or think that I'm more intelligent than they are. To think otherwise is totally incorrect and runs contrary to everything I was raised to believe. — Tony Bennett

I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's piano playing improved to a certain level. One time my sister and I worked together. The first song we ever sang in High School was Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett. — Gordon Lightfoot

That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life. — Tony Bennett