Frank Sinatra Quotes

“The reading of the song is vital. The written word is first always . . . first. Not belittling the music, but it really is a backdrop. To convey the meaning of a song you need to look at the lyric and understand it.”

“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.”

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

“Card players have a saying: "It's all right to play if you keep your eyes on the deck" - which is another way of saving, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."”

“All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.”

“You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.”

“I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me.... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer.”

“If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere; it's up to you, New York, New York.”

“What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can.”

“Don't respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong.”

“There are moments when it's too quiet. Particularly late at night or early in the mornings. That's when you know there's something lacking in your life. You just know.”

“There are several things I think I would have done if I had the chance again. I would have been a little more patient about getting out into the world. I would have seen to it that I had a more formal education. I would have become an accomplished mu”

“I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.”

“I think that if you do the best you can in your life, you get your just reward. You sometimes give up a great deal to achieve a plane you're looking for. But if you find that it's important enough, then you do it. You have to decide. Even when you figure you've given up a great deal to get a small amount of something, the pain is only there for a short time. It really goes away. Whatever the quandary, it leaves you.”

“A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then, it's too late.”

“You've either got or you haven't got style, and if you've got it you stand out a mile.”

“I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women.”

“Most of what has been written about me is one big blur, but I do remember being described in one simple word that I agree with. It was in a piece that tore me apart for my personal behavior, but the writer said that when the music began and I started to sing, I was "honest."”

“Should have a Ph.d. on the subject of women. Anyhow the fact of the matter is I've failed usually. I'm exceptionally enamored with women; I respect them. Yet, in the same way as all men, I don't comprehend them.”

“What's [the Beatles'] I Am the Walrus all about?”

“If I had as many love affairs as I've been given credit for, I'd be in a jar at the Harvard Medical School.”

“When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility.”

“I am a thing of beauty.”

“I think being jilted is one of life's most painful experiences. It takes a long time to heal a broken heart. It's happened to all of us and never gets any easier. I understand, however, that playing one of my albums can help.”

“Someone said drink the water, but I will drink the wineSomeone said take a poor man, the rich don't have a dimeGo fool yourself, if you will, I just haven't got the timeI'll give you back your water, and I will take the wine.”