"One time I picked it up and a voice goes, 'Hi, it's Sinatra. Can you play me a record?' I was like, 'Oh yeah, very funny,' and hung up. I thought someone was having a joke, but it was actually Frank. My manager told me there aren't many people who put the phone down on Sinatra."

-- Tony Blackburn

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“Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears.”
“I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid.”
“It ain't about who ya love, it's all about do ya love.”
“I'm in the Dance Band on the Titanic Singing "Nearer my God to thee" and the icebergs on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me?”
“It's a lot of fun coming out for a practice round and having the crowd behind you and cheering you on (a few) days before the event.”
“In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.”

Source : "The First World War". Book by A. J. P. Taylor , p. 165, 1963.
“The great trains howling from track to track all night. The taut and telegraphic murmur of ten thousand city wires, drawn most cruelly against a city sky. The rush of city waters, beneath the city streets. The passionate passing of the night's last El.”
“We came to see Jace. Is he alright?" "I don't know," Magnus said. "Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?”

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