161 Quotes by Tony Bennett

As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

I lived for 15 years in Los Angeles, and I still can't believe that the handsomest man in the world, Cary Grant, and the greatest performer in the world, Fred Astaire, and Johnny Carson, one after another - they were all in my home at different times. I celebrated my 50th birthday with them. Unforgettable.

The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized.

I'll never retire.

Every show is different. The public has always been nice to me. I'm fortunate that way.

I want to try to prove that at 100, I could sing as well as I was singing when I was 45 or 43.

When you hear a great two-track of a performance in Carnegie Hall, let's say, it sounds like you're right there at that moment. It's true to reality. And the closer it gets, once it gets too technical, it becomes very tinny to hear notes. It doesn't sound right. It has to be natural.

I don't sing operatically, and I sing very intimately, but I still do the scales, and I think in terms of intonation and making sure that I'm hitting the notes right on the head... and having it appear quite effortless.

The whole music world is based on the young, the very young people.