Recording with Billy May is like having a bucket of cold water thrown into your face. Nelson Riddle will come to a session with all the arrangements carefully and neatly worked out beforehand. With Billy you sometimes don`t get copies of the next number u...
In Hoboken, when I was a kid, I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a "dirty little pig," there was only one thing to do: break his head. When I got older, I realized you shouldn`t do it [get even] that way. I realized you`ve got...
No man`s lifetime of work has better expressed the land of the free and the home of the brave. No man`s lifetime of work has given proof to the world that our flag is still there. John Wayne is in truth a star-spangled man whom so proudly we hail.
[1965] For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business. He excites me when I watch him. He moves me. He`s the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more.
[on friend Peggy Lee] Her wonderful talent should be studied by all vocalists; her regal presence is pure elegance and charm.
