“Music is the only form of art that touches the absolute.”
“Be aware of everything around you, don’t despair.”
“From the minute you step into that spot light, you’ve got to know exactly what you’re doing every second on that stage.”
“Think and sing like an instrument.”
“Pray silence”
“In some very profound way the holy spirit moves and abides in him.”
Frank Sinatra An American Legend, Nancy Sinatra, Jr.
“Your son is very close to God…because he does God’s work and he does not talk about it.”
Words spoken to Dollie Sinatra (his mom) by Pope Paul VI
Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin’, Bill Zehme
“He just went over and did this out of the goodness of his heart. You gotta be some kind of a beautiful man to do this.”
Drummer Buddy Rich talking about Sinatra’s ’62 World Tour to benefit Children’s Charities around the world
(Sinatra covered all the costs for himself and a sextet).
Sinatra! The Song Is You, A Singer’s Art, Will Friedwald |
