As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.
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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.Mel Torme
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.
Mel Torme
I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to point the way to how varied an album's contents could be.
Mel Torme
I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.
Mel Torme
Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.
Mel Torme
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.
Mel Torme
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