"I was taught never to compromise: to never sing a cheap song. I never look down at the audience and think that they are ignorant or think that I'm more intelligent than they are. To think otherwise is totally incorrect and runs contrary to everything I was raised to believe."

 (Tony Bennett, pseudonimo di Anthony Dominick Benedetto, crooner; New York, 3 agosto 1926 – New York, 21 luglio 2023)