Frank Sinatra Quotes - Page 3

Rock 'n roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons and by means of its almost imbecilic reiteration and sly, lewd, in plain fact, dirty lyrics ... manages to be the martial music of every side-burned delinquent on the face of the earth.

The thing that influenced me most was the way Tommy played his trombone. It was my idea to make my voice work in the same way as a trombone or violin-not sounding like them, but "playing" the voice like those instrumentalists.

I'm for whatever gets you through the night

Dare to wear the foolish clown face.

I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.

If power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love , then you haven't really got any.

The reading of the song is vital. The written word is first always . . . first. Not belittling the music, but it really is a backdrop. To convey the meaning of a song you need to look at the lyric and understand it.

The cigarettes you light one after another won’t help you forget her.

Never yawn in front of a lady.

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.

There are things about organized religion which I resent. Christ is revered as the Prince of Peace, but more blood has been shed in his name than any other figure in history. You show me one step forward in the name of religion, and I'll show you a hundred retrogressions…I'm for decency—period. I'm for anything and everything that bodes love and consideration for my fellow man. But when lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday—count me out.

I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I know.

If I had as many love affairs as I've been given credit for, I'd be in a jar at the Harvard Medical School.

I'm just a singer, Elvis was the embodiment of the whole American culture.

I am a thing of beauty.

What's [the Beatles'] I Am the Walrus all about?

The only male singer who I've seen besides myself and who's better than me--that is Michael Jackson.

Only sing - don't do cheap songs, don't do silly songs, just do, just do wonderful songs that are well-written.

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

There are several things I think I would have done if I had the chance again. I would have been a little more patient about getting out into the world. I would have seen to it that I had a more formal education. I would have become an accomplished mu

[Dean Martin] is an absolute, unqualified drunk. And if we ever develop an Olympic drinking team, he's gonna be the coach... Dean Martin has been stoned more often than the United States embassies.

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.

You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady.

Card players have a saying: "It's all right to play if you keep your eyes on the deck" - which is another way of saving, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."