Frank Sinatra Biography

On himself:
“I’m gonna live till I die.”

“Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I’m honest.”

“May you live to be a hundred, and may the last voice you hear be mine.”

On life:
“You gotta love livin’, baby, ’cause dyin’ is a pain in the ass.”

“The best revenge is magnificent success.”

“Basically, I’m for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquillizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniels.”

On women:
“I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn’t be a staring contest.”

“You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady.”

“Oh, I just wish someone could try to hurt you, so I could kill them for you.”

Selected others:
“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says, Love your enemy.”

“Dare to wear the foolish clown face.”

“Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.”

“What influenced me the most was the way Tommy played his trombone. It was my idea to make my voice work in the same as as a trombone or a violin - not sounding like them, but “playing” the voice like those instrumentalists.”