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Mel Torme quotes: As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

Mel Torme quotes: As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

Mel Torme quotes: Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.

Mel Torme quotes: To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

Mel Torme quotes: My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

Mel Torme quotes: I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

Mel Torme quotes: But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

Mel Torme quotes: I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

Mel Torme quotes: See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

Mel Torme quotes: Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.

Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.

Mel Torme quotes: Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.

Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.

Mel Torme quotes: Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

Mel Torme quotes: I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.