Bennett's career catapulted in the 50s after Sinatra stated in a magazine, 'For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the world. He did change my career. I owe him so much. Not at all, she's very intelligent and a great singer. She's one of the most talented people I've ever met.
She knows how to be absolutely unpredictable. Bennett has played for more presidents than any other living musician. He knows a lot about music. I really like President Obama. He's working hard to stop all wars. I sung for him with Stevie Wonder.
Music and painting were always his great loves. He sold his first painting to Cary Grant. He liked it because the view from his window in the Hollywood Hills looked very similar to the painting. In his studio, he currently has several paintings in progress.
A couple of portraits of women - local art students who pose as models. And up on the easel there's a large scene of Central Park, impressionistic happy colours. If I don't I miss it, and if you keep doing something, it becomes effortless. It's not a struggle to do the few things I love. I like to say I've never worked a day in my life, because I'm doing the things I love.
Bennett is also a civil rights champion, which goes back to when he served in World War II. He was shocked by the racism he encountered. He was reprimanded for bringing a black friend to a dinner at his hotel even though he was told he could bring any guest he wanted. I had to pick up dead bodies to register them. That incident affected my whole being.
He says he's never had to choose between his music and his art. My mother Anna was a seamstress and worked day and night for a penny a dress to put food on the table for three children. Everyone told me I painted and sang very well and I remember clearly saying this is who I am. I had a very strong passion and to this day I still have that passion and that is still who I am, and I'm still learning.
Tony Bennett: The Classics album is out now. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback. Tony explains how one day he just decided to drop cocaine He says the only thing he is addicted to now is chocolate His new duets album will feature some of the world's greatest voices By Chrissy Iley Published: GMT, 16 May Updated: GMT, 16 May e-mail 1 View comments.
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Bright eyes, glowing skin and a certain je ne sais quoi. What's more, he recently took up sculpture. Although on "Duets II" Bennett sings with some of the biggest pop stars of today, he says he does not listen to current popular music. What does he listen to? Ella Fitzgerald," he said. Despite her occasional craving for a "meat suit," Lady Gaga did not strike Bennett as outrageous. This will be Bennett's last "Duets" album.
They're very complete," he said. Bennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto. Bob Hope told him it was a "phony name," Bennett said. What did Hope think of his real name? Let's economize it and call you Tony Bennett. Bennett struggled with drug addiction in the late s. According to Bennett, a friend, the manager for the late comic Lenny Bruce, said of Bennett, "he sinned against his talent.
It meant that I had to drop everything I was doing. I stopped all drugs completely," Bennett said. He happened to present her Record of the Year Grammy in Afterward she was quoted as saying, "I was in shock. Not because I had won the Grammy but because Tony Bennett had said my name.
The admiration was mutual.
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