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

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Source : Interview with Joe Hyams, reprints.longform.org. February 1963.

Frank Sinatra

#Music Quotes #Believe Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression”
“I'm whispering so that the media doesn't hear me.”
“It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.”
“Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.”
“It's really helped a ton in the sense that we get to reach people who don't normally know our music. At least once a night at a show someone will come up to the merch table after the show and say they've never heard of me but they saw me on Troubadour, TX, and it reminds me that I'm not Elvis and anything I can do to get my name out there is beneficial in every way.”
“Do you know we are being led to Slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are getting Obscene on young blood Do you know we are ruled by t.v.”
“Don't give up on the people you love. Your patient love and faithfulness may be exactly what they need to make a complete turnaround.”
“My uncertain temper is cooling, as is my sense of racing against time to accomplish the things I want to. I don't have to go anywhere or see anyone I don't want to now, and it is a glorious feeling!”

Source : "Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage" by Judy LaMarsh, Ch. 11, (p. 351), 1969.

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