TONY BENNETT

pop-jazz singer

“You see, I grew up during the depression, and we had strict orders that if you bought a record, make sure the whole family likes it or else don’t bring it into this house. Don’t waste money by buying a record just for yourself.

“So what I bought was Caruso. He was the first one to make records commercial, funny enough, because if you went to an opera it would cost a hundred dollars to get in, but here you had Caruso for 25 cents on Victor. God, what a buy.”