Johnny Mathis Quotes
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It's always nice to hear people say, 'You sound the same,' when I know I don't.
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That's a big important deal, the way people see you from the stage. Once in a while, I'd ask people, 'How did you enjoy the show?' 'Hey, you looked great.' But how did I sound? That visual look is very important to people.
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I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.
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I was a mediocre basketball player. But I was there, and I could remember the plays. And my basketball coach, after he retired from teaching, would come to my performances all the time. And I was very happy about that, because I was not memorable as a basketball player.
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The fact that I'm not a good musician - I throw it around, tell people that - it doesn't matter that much. It only matters to me, because I idolized good musicians. I absolutely worshiped them.
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I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do.
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I've found that the more friends I have, the luckier I am.
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I had stage fright for years and years, and I could hear it in my singing. But since I've done it so often for so many years, you'd think that I'd relax a little bit, and I think that I have.
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It doesn't mean a thing when others tell you you're good. You have to feel it yourself.
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It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it.
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Over the years, I was lucky; right from the beginning, I studied with a lady who had a lot of... she was a classical singer, and of course, they're a little bit more into, you know, preserving the voice, making sure your instrument is ready to perform.
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There are not so many songs written about love today like there were in the past. It's all changed, but that's why my songs still last as big favorites today.
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My mom loved my Christmas music, so I did an awful lot of it!
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I decided right away that whomever was going to advise me had to be fundamentally interested in music. This protected me from the skullduggery common to the music industry then and that still exists today. Of course, using this method meant that some things we didn't know and just had to learn how to do it together.
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As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them someday.
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I've been very happy to see some of the success that I've had along the way in opening the eyes of people, especially people who listen to music.
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I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.
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It's just that some people are lucky and people still seem to enjoy the music.
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Mancini was a big part of my life. I sang a lot of his music, and he became a good buddy.
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I cannot tell you how lucky I am: the songs that I sing, I like!
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Christmas is never going to go away, and it's always going to be there. And there's always room for one more Christmas song, I think.
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My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.
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I've paid the price over the years, though: a lot of injuries and surgeries related to my sports career; my hips and knees took a lot of wear and tear.
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In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if you're not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.