Tony Bennett Quotes

I think if you have a passion for what you do then there are no limitations on how long or how much you can accomplish.

If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.

I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.

It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to be told off. And if we continue this kind of violence and accept it in our country, the rest of the world's going to really take care of us, in a very bad way.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

Regardless of religion or race or ethnic background we are all human and we are all on this planet together. So what better reason do you need to not tolerate any form of violence against another human being?

I've taken stuff from people, too. You know though, if you steal from one person, you're just a thief. But if you steal from everyone, that's research.

"Benedetto" means the "blessed one" and I feel that I have truly been blessed.

When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.

I can't ask for more out of life, and the more I learn, the less I know.

Someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.

To work is to feel alive.

You can't teach it [jazz singing]. There's nobody who can teach you how to sing jazz. Either you know how to sing jazz, or you don't.

I don't look down to an audience. I look up to them. They respond to quality.

I knew very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life.

The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.

Sometimes the teacher would tell me that if you're singing a love song and you just don't feel it with a person or something you've experienced, just think of a dog or cat that you love.

I'm not the type of person who likes to look backwards. I've always felt compelled to move forward and I've never been one to dwell in the past. All the people I've met, all the places I've been, and all the things that I've done have simply been part of who I am.

I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an adult have great memories of the jazz clubs that were all located on 52nd Street. I still catch as many jazz shows as I can when I am in New York. And when I perform, I have my jazz quartet by my side. Jazz musicians keep things spontaneous and very "live," which is the way I like to perform.

I'm still learning about music. The best way to learn is to listen to the audience. When you listen to the audience, they will tell you what they like. I wish these big corporations, instead of telling the audience what they should have, would listen.

There's always something every night that I learn from reacting to what the audience is reacting to. You learn what to leave out, what to put in, if you need a little more comedy or more drama.

I always feel the audience is my best teacher.

Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.

If you are creative, you get busier as you get older.

I am very much inspired by the great masters of entertainment: Bob Hope, George Burns, Jimmy Durante - who never thought about retiring. When people ask me if I plan to retire, I say, "Retire to what? I am doing what I love best right now!"