Some of my other heroes around that time were, oddly enough, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole and people like that - I was always more inclined to listen to ballads.
quote by William Bell
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The Man Who Never Heard of Frank Sinatra
The man who had never heard of Frank Sinatra: he lived
A perfectly ordinary life in America. Born in 1915,
He followed all the fads, read the newspapers, listened
To Television, knew who Dean Martin and Sammy whathisname
Were (Sinatra's friends), but somehow, by a one in a
Zillion fluke, whenever Sinatra came up, he was out of the room.
Or his attention was diverted by something else, and
(You will say this is impossible, that it cannot be), never
Heard him sing, like a man in my generation who somehow
Missed the Beatles though he had heard everything else.
Once, just as he was about to hear the name Frank Sinatra
A plane flew overhead--he was fifty-five years old--his hearing
A little more impaired. He had heard of Humphrey Bogart,
Of Elizabeth Taylor, of Walter Cronkite, and of perhaps a hundred
Forty thousand other celebrities names by the time he died,
And yet he had never heard of Frank Sinatra. The Greeks had
That famous saying, "The luckiest man is he who was never born."
Which is kind of gloomy, but I think they were wrong.
The luckiest man is he who never heard of Frank Sinatra.
poem by Aaron Fogel
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Nature Boy
:artist: nat king cole
-from his the greatest of nat king cole lp-capitol slb-6803
-peak billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1948
-competing versions charted by frank sinatra (#7), sara vaughn (#8), and
-dick haymes (#11).
-words and music by eden ahbez
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing youll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return
The greatest thing youll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return
song performed by by Nat King Cole
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People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know.
quote by Robert Wyatt
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Dont Listen/ listen
Don't listen when they tell you that you can't be somebody well known someday
Don't listen
to the stupid remarks people say
Don't listen
when people spread rumors.
Listen
when people give you advise
Listen
when they try to bring you spirit high
Listen
because they always try to help you.
Don't listen
to the people who try to get you high
Don't listen
to the people who lie
Don't listen
to the people who tell you that your ugly.
Listen
to the people who make you smile
Listen
to the people and get to know them for a while
Listen
to the people for you may learn something everyday.
poem by Leticia Starkey
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I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning it is as good as they are going to feel all day.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning it is as good as they are going to feel all day.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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Don't get even, get mad.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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I'm for whatever gets you through the night.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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Oh, I just wish someone would try to hurt you so I could kill them for you.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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I am a thing of beauty.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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The best revenge is massive success.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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I'm gonna live till I die.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on.
quote by Gary Cole
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Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
quote by Frank Sinatra
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I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.
quote by Lauren Bacall
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