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"So, We're really L.A. based with a secondary base in Chicago."
"I think that unless you grew up in New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, you're sheltered."
"I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states."
Explore more quotes by Mel Torme
"But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in."
"I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old."
"It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section."
"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."
"There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past."
"So I'm sorry, 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 would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album."
"As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else."
"I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America."
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