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Tony Bennett quotes: My whole life has been singing and painting. I just do those two things.

My whole life has been singing and painting. I just do those two things.

Tony Bennett quotes: When you get older, you don't have to eat a lot. I get my rest and sleep very well at night. It keeps me very balanced.

When you get older, you don't have to eat a lot. I get my rest and sleep very well at night. It keeps me very balanced.

Tony Bennett quotes: The whole music world is based on the young, the very young people.

The whole music world is based on the young, the very young people.

Tony Bennett quotes: I've never worked a day in my life.

I've never worked a day in my life.

Tony Bennett quotes: If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.

If music sounds dated, it means it wasn't very good in the first place.

Tony Bennett quotes: No-one will ever sound as good as Judy Garland as far as I am concerned.

No-one will ever sound as good as Judy Garland as far as I am concerned.

Tony Bennett quotes: To work is to feel alive.

To work is to feel alive.

Tony Bennett quotes: I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.

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.

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.

Tony Bennett quotes: Never treat the audience disrespectfully.

Never treat the audience disrespectfully.

Tony Bennett quotes: I still feel that I can get better somehow. And I search for it all of the time.

I still feel that I can get better somehow. And I search for it all of the time.

Tony Bennett quotes: If something is good, it's always good. You don't have to change it.

If something is good, it's always good. You don't have to change it.

Tony Bennett quotes: I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was.

I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was.

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

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

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

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

Tony Bennett quotes: I'll never retire.

I'll never retire.

Tony Bennett quotes: I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

Tony Bennett quotes: As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

Tony Bennett quotes: Gaga is a gorgeous singer, and when she sings a great ballad, I get goose bumps.

Gaga is a gorgeous singer, and when she sings a great ballad, I get goose bumps.

Tony Bennett quotes: 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.

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.

Tony Bennett quotes: I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.

I loved Art Tatum! And, through him, and other different jazz musicians, I actually found my technique.

Tony Bennett quotes: Every show is different. The public has always been nice to me. I'm fortunate that way.

Every show is different. The public has always been nice to me. I'm fortunate that way.

Tony Bennett quotes: When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.

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

Tony Bennett quotes: I want to try to prove that at 100, I could sing as well as I was singing when I was 45 or 43.

I want to try to prove that at 100, I could sing as well as I was singing when I was 45 or 43.

Tony Bennett quotes: Lady Gaga is the Picasso of the entertainment world. She's very intelligent.

Lady Gaga is the Picasso of the entertainment world. She's very intelligent.

Tony Bennett quotes: More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.

More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.

Tony Bennett quotes: Singing intimately is almost like thinking into a microphone, so it helps to have the song buried inside you.

Singing intimately is almost like thinking into a microphone, so it helps to have the song buried inside you.

Tony Bennett quotes: 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.

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.

Tony Bennett quotes: I have been very fortunate to have been able to make a living from what I love to do best - performing and singing for people.

I have been very fortunate to have been able to make a living from what I love to do best - performing and singing for people.

Tony Bennett quotes: I plan to do my next two albums with Lady Gaga . She is quite a talent.

I plan to do my next two albums with Lady Gaga . She is quite a talent.

Tony Bennett quotes: Life teaches you how to live it - if you live long enough.

Life teaches you how to live it - if you live long enough.

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

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

Tony Bennett quotes: Singing is a gift.

Singing is a gift.

Tony Bennett quotes: It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you're different than anyone else.

It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you're different than anyone else.

Tony Bennett quotes: I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature.

I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature.

Tony Bennett quotes: If you are creative, you get busier as you get older.

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

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

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

Tony Bennett quotes: It helps to know there is going to be continuity.

It helps to know there is going to be continuity.

Tony Bennett quotes: Fame comes and goes. Longevity is the thing to aim for.

Fame comes and goes. Longevity is the thing to aim for.

Tony Bennett quotes: I've been very fortunate. I'm doing what I love, and I'm getting away with it, you know?

I've been very fortunate. I'm doing what I love, and I'm getting away with it, you know?

Tony Bennett quotes: Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.

Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.

Tony Bennett quotes: "Benedetto" means the "blessed one" and I feel that I have truly been blessed.

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

Tony Bennett quotes: That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life.

That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life.

Tony Bennett quotes: I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.

I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs.

Tony Bennett quotes: If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.

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

Tony Bennett quotes: The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I've been sold out ever since.

The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I've been sold out ever since.

Tony Bennett quotes: I knew very early that somehow I would sing and draw and paint my whole life.

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

Tony Bennett quotes: The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized.

The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized.

Tony Bennett quotes: Every day feels like just starting out because I still have so much more to learn.

Every day feels like just starting out because I still have so much more to learn.

Tony Bennett quotes: I still have a lot to learn. I'm concentrating on learning a lot more about music.

I still have a lot to learn. I'm concentrating on learning a lot more about music.

Tony Bennett quotes: I take care of myself. I work out three times a week. I have a trainer, and we just work out for an hour.

I take care of myself. I work out three times a week. I have a trainer, and we just work out for an hour.

Tony Bennett quotes: I get up, and boy, I can't wait to paint and study music and keep learning. I just love it.

I get up, and boy, I can't wait to paint and study music and keep learning. I just love it.