Tony Bennett — American Musician born on August 03, 1926,

Anthony Dominick "Tony" Benedetto, better known by his stage name Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, show tunes, and jazz. He is also a painter, having created works under the name Anthony Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York... (wikipedia)

To work is to feel alive.
I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.
I have a simple life. I mean, you just give me a drum roll, they announce my name, and I come out and sing. In my job I have a contract that says I'm a singer. So I sing.
I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.