“My father and Frank Sinatra respected each other's abilities enormously. My father always said Frank brought out the best in him. And his arrangements gave Frank a new musical playground to wander in. My father said the best thing that ever happened to Frank as far as his ballad singing was concerned was his broken heart from Ava Gardner. Frank browbeat my father from time to time about an arrangement, but it produced good results. Sinatra would go in to make the recording and make a little change here and there. He'd say, 'Do a little Puccini thing there.' Or a little Gershwin or Ellington or whatever. My father would make a cryptic note. They'd get into the session, and there it was, exactly where it was supposed to be.”
Christopher Riddle
“I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.”
Lauren Bacall
“We were working... with Frank Sinatra. He was in the main room, and we were in the lounge. It was a real thrill to meet and actually become friends with people like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin. They were all working the Sands at that time... and Bill and I became... well, not close friends, but at least acquaintances where they knew us by name, and most of them just called us the righteous boys.”
Bobby Hatfield
“I'm not Frank Sinatra or Luther Vandross,”
John Marks
“The fact is that Frank Sinatra also turned 60 once.”
Robert Friedland
“Mick Jagger at 62 is not old. Frank Sinatra at 62 was old.”
Matt Thornhill
“Once I had my first hit, Dad started to introduce himself as Nancy Sinatra?s father!”
Nancy Sinatra
