Latest Tony Bennett Quotes from Interviews

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• I try to tell the story about the song with the believability that I've lived it myself and I understand what it's all about.

  Tony Bennett

  Song, Trying, Stories

• Sometimes the teacher would tell me that if you're singing a love song and you just don't feel it with a person or something you've experienced, just think of a dog or cat that you love.

  Tony Bennett

  Dog, Song, Teacher

• What I really search for is something that I really love hearing, something that's my own private game: If I find a song I really like, I try to do a definitive version.

  Tony Bennett

  Song, Games, Trying

• I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.

  Tony Bennett

  Singing, Acting, Actors

• I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs.

  Tony Bennett

  Song, Intelligent, Disrespect

• I don't look down to an audience. I look up to them. They respond to quality.

  Tony Bennett

  Quality, Looks, Look Up

• I always feel the audience is my best teacher.

  Tony Bennett

  Teacher, Best Teacher, Feels

• There's always something every night that I learn from reacting to what the audience is reacting to. You learn what to leave out, what to put in, if you need a little more comedy or more drama.

  Tony Bennett

  Drama, Night, Needs

• I have a very strong passion to sing and paint. I'm really a student.

  Tony Bennett

  Strong, Passion, Students

• Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.

  Tony Bennett

  Style, Trying, Hitting

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Regardless of religion or race or ethnic background we are all human and we are all on this planet together. So what better reason do you need to not tolerate any form of violence against another human being?

  Tony Bennett

  Race, Together, Needs

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I attended the High School of Industrial Arts and studied with many great artists as painting is something that you never stop learning about. Actually, in high school there was a time that I was thinking about just concentrating on painting and I asked my music teacher, Mr. Sondberg, for advice and he encouraged me to stick with the music as well. So all my life I have been singing and painting.

  Tony Bennett

  Teacher, Art, School

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I have to say I owe my career to the master composers of the Great American Songbook who have written such high-quality songs - the best popular music ever composed.

  Tony Bennett

  Song, Careers, Quality

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an adult have great memories of the jazz clubs that were all located on 52nd Street. I still catch as many jazz shows as I can when I am in New York. And when I perform, I have my jazz quartet by my side. Jazz musicians keep things spontaneous and very "live," which is the way I like to perform.

  Tony Bennett

  New York, Growing Up, Memories

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I am very much inspired by the great masters of entertainment: Bob Hope, George Burns, Jimmy Durante - who never thought about retiring. When people ask me if I plan to retire, I say, "Retire to what? I am doing what I love best right now!"

  Tony Bennett

  Love Is, People, Bob

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I think if you have a passion for what you do then there are no limitations on how long or how much you can accomplish.

  Tony Bennett

  Passion, Thinking, Long

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I have been very fortunate to have been able to make a living from what I love to do best - performing and singing for people.

  Tony Bennett

  People, Singing, Able

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I think in all of the arts there are just certain people that have a gift. I think it's a certain spirituality, it's a God-given gift that just certain individuals have.

  Tony Bennett

  Art, Thinking, People