Johnny Mathis Quotes

• And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

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  Voice, People, Consistency

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• I'm really pretty much a regular person who just got very lucky. I got involved early on in my life with a lot of wonderful people who helped me and guided me. I found out what I really liked to do and that was sing. And I had a lot of help to accomplish most of my goals.

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  Goal, People, Lucky

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• I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.

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  People, Lucky, Reason

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• I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

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  Enjoy

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• Walk my way and a thousand violins begin to play, or it might be the sound of your hello.

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  Romantic, Play, Sound

  Song: Misty The Very Best Of Johnny Mathis, Album: Heavenly

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• Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross

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  Hair, Desire, Like Her

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• My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

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  Beautiful, Kings, Lovely Voice

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• I don't feel old, except in the morning once in a while, when I can't turn over properly and say, "What's that? When did that happen?" Our brain doesn't accept that. We're geared to last.

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  Morning, Brain, Lasts

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• I love the house that I've been living in for over 40 years. I really am a homebody and I still love to play golf.

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  Golf, Years, Play

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• Too much, too little, too late, to ever try again. Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends.

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  Trying, Too Late, Littles

  Song: Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

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• Let's love, press your lips to mine. Let's kiss, for that thrill divine.

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  Romantic, Kissing, Thrill

  Song: Let's Love

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• In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

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  Hands, People, Want

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• Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

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  Way, Doing What You Want, Sometimes

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• Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past.

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  Past, Careers, People

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• When you're doing bad things, you just don't know whether you can conquer them or not. I found out how strong I could be when I was motivated, and I'm kind of proud of that.

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  Strong, Proud, Kind

  Source: www.achievement.org

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• Thank God for vinyl! It's wonderful to be involved in something that captures your life from almost the beginning to the end. I'm absolutely blessed.

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  Blessed, Thank God, Wonderful

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• When I do an album I try to find a producer that's excited about something that they want me to sing, and I check with the record company to find out what they think they can sell - which is their No. 1 priority.

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  Thinking, Priorities, Trying

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• I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do.

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  Thinking, Everyday Things, People

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• Its just that some people are lucky and people still seem to enjoy the music.

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  People, Lucky, Enjoy

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• When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice.

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  Life Lesson, Voice, Singing

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• But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

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  Congratulations, Grateful, Courses

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• I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.

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  Body, Most Amazing, Mets

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• I always made sure that I kept the dignity, or tried to keep the dignity that they showed, by standing there and singing and not doing too much else, because I didn't know what else to do. But you know, sometimes you can get carried away and I don't know, lose your composure or something.

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  Singing, Too Much, Dignity

  Source: www.achievement.org

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• When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. Ive said it over and over again. I think it is boring.

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  Thinking, People, Interviews

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• It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it.

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  Morning, Night, Thinking

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