"I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America."

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"I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America."

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"Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film."

Father

"As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else."

Feelings

"How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen."

Time

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

Want

"I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage."

Performance

"Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money."

Money

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

Money

"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."

Past

"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."

Age

"Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it."

Genius

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