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What I really search for is something that I really love hearing, something that's my own private game: If I find a song I really like, I try to do a definitive version.

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Tony Bennett
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: August 3
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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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I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.
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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.
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