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Mel Torme Quotes: Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two.
         

Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two.


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But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.



I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.



See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.



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As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.



To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.



I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.



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Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.



Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.



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I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.





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