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I have a very strong passion to sing and paint. I'm really a student.
Tony Bennett
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Tony Bennett
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: August 3
Actor
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Jazz Musician
Painter
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New York City
New York
Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Anthony Dominick Tony Benedetto
Anthony Benedetto
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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.
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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.
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I don't look down to an audience. I look up to them. They respond to quality.
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It helps to know there is going to be continuity.
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The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.
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Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.
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We're in an era where the demand is for immediate hits that are destined to become obsolescent. Six months later, everyone forgets the artist and the tune. It's become like a con job. Producers, engineers, lawyers and accountants all make money, but the artists don't.
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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.
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The young people look great on television. They’re youthful and have a lot of zip and energy, but when you see them live, they can only do about 20 minutes because they haven’t got the training to hold an audience for an hour and a half or so.
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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.
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