Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatrawas an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. Sinatra's music has been considered timeless by many. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants, he began his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. He found success as a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth12 December 1915
CityHoboken, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
And if you should survive to 105 Look at all you'll derive out of being alive. Then here is the best part You have a head start If you are among the very young at heart.
I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women
For nobody else, gave me thrill-with all your faults, I love you still. It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you.
That's life (that's life), I tell you I can't deny it I thought of quitting, baby, but my heart just ain't gonna buy it And if I didn't think it was worth one single try I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly
deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac... It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people.
As you may know, I have many good friends in the press who, unfortunately, have thus far refused to identify themselves and go public.
If I had done everything I'm credited with, I'd be speaking to you from a laboratory jar at Harvard.
You can be the most artistically perfect performer in the world, but an audience is like a broad--if you're indifferent, Endsville.
You've got to be on the ball from the minute you step out into that spotlight. You gotta know exactly what you're doing every second on that stage, otherwise the act goes right into the bathroom. It's all over. Good night.
All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.
What's [the Beatles'] I Am the Walrus all about?
Trouble just seems to come my way-unbidden, unwelcome, unneeded.
With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years.
I think that if you do the best you can in your life, you get your just reward. You sometimes give up a great deal to achieve a plane you're looking for. But if you find that it's important enough, then you do it. You have to decide. Even when you figure you've given up a great deal to get a small amount of something, the pain is only there for a short time. It really goes away. Whatever the quandary, it leaves you....