Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) Quotes
Just give a drum roll, announce my name & I come out & sing. I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.
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When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figure had to be fantastic. Now that I'm a singer, I've got a different kind of body – it's more athletic.
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I didn't know I wanted to act until it was around 21. I had just come back to Los Angeles after two and half years of traveling and working as a dancer and singer and was looking for a new performing art to study. I started taking acting classes and fell in love.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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The lens of contract focuses predominantly on gains from trade whereas orthodoxy is focused on resource allocation.
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I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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I wanted to work with Bryan Singer because I like his films.
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I had no interest in being an actress what so ever, and when I was about 14 or 15, I was signed to a company in England. They owned a children's TV show which they put me in as a singer, and I was on the show for three years, and I left the show when I was 18 and started looking for a record contract.
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I'm not the best singer in the world, but the albums have always been personal. They're stories about me and what I'm going through.
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I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation.
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I made a living being a background singer for years.
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Obviously, I'm not a singer. I don't consider myself a singer.
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I love Katy Perry, she is a wonderful pop singer.
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I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.
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Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.
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There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
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A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
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I have so much respect for the big opera singers that I never dare to say I'm a singer.
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The ABA works tirelessly in its efforts involving the first line of defense: the prevention of burn injuries.
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I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective.
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I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket.
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I'm always interested in new things. I don't go seeking out every band I can hear because there are too many, especially now with the Internet. There's no way you can collect everything.
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I find broadcast intensely stressful, to the extent that perversely, I've never seen anything I've written actually broadcast on television. So, the audience response is something which I became aware of gradually.
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Just give a drum roll, announce my name & I come out & sing. I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.
