Quotes Mel Torme

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements....

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the ...

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, ...

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and...

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out i...

Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all t...

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is re...

How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in th...

I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performanc...

I don't want to compete with - I want to be very careful how...

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busi...

I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums c...

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience....

I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and...

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothi...

If I'm going to please somebody else, I want to be paid a gr...

It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of t...

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer....

Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer,...

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garlan...

So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, b...

Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I ...

There are musicians in my business who are very dour people,...

There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's har...

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who...