The 70 best famous quotes by Frank Sinatra

"The Voice": Sinatra was an absolutely unique singer and actor. We review his greatest famous quotes.

When we hear the name Frank Sinatra (New Jersey, 1915 - Los Angeles, 1998) his nickname "The Voice" comes to mind. Sinatra was a unique singer, who covered and interpreted great hits throughout the 20th century.

Although he also excelled as an actor, Sinatra is remembered for songs such as New York, Chicago o My Way is practically indelible.

Frank Sinatra Quotes

This American singer amassed sky-high levels of popularity, especially in the 1940s and 1950s.

In today's article we are going to try to compile the best Frank Sinatra quotes, as well as some of his most memorable verses and famous quotes.

1. The best revenge is massive success.

When you succeed, everyone will have one more reason to hate you.

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, good family, and I don't think I could ask for more than that, really.

Sinatra opens his Heart to us explaining how he would like to go down in history.

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3. Dare to wear the silly clown face.

Look at life with joy and nonchalance.

4. May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.

A somewhat narcissistic wish.

5. I will live until I die.

From his famous song: "I'm gonna live until I die...".

6. People often comment that I'm very lucky. Luck is only important to the extent that you have the opportunity to sell yourself at the right time. After that, you must have talent and know how to use it.

Luck is highly relative.

7. I'm not one of those complicated, scrambled cats. I'm not looking for the secret of life.... I keep going day by day, taking what comes.

A philosophy of life based on austerity.

8. Don't retaliate, get angry.

When there is no other choice.

9. I hate the martial music of every side-burned criminal on the face of the earth.

Musical reflection.

10. Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing, if I respect the song. If I can't project that to a listener, I fail.

On his attention to detail in approaching each performance.

11. It can be a puzzle, but I like the way the parts fit together.

About his struggling and complex spirit.

12. A simple I love you means more than money.

Love should be devoid of any material interest.

13. The best is yet to come and it will not be good.

An unbridled life can lead to curious scenarios.

14. The cigarettes you light one after another won't help you forget her.

About the anxiety felt at the end of a relationship.

15. Don't hide your scars. They make you who you are.

What has happened to you in the past is experience gained.

16. You only live once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.

Enough to feel life in all its splendor.

17. That's life, and I can't deny it. Many times I thought about leaving, but my heart won't admit it.

Although life has very negative aspects, you have to accept it as it comes.

18. What does a man possess? If not himself, then he has nothing.

Self-control and self-esteem, fundamental pillars.

19. Hell hath no fury like a swindler with a literary agent.

Brutal comparison

20. You can be the most artistically perfect performer in the world, but an audience is wide, if you're indifferent, it's over.

The audience rules, for better or worse.

21. Whatever else has been said about me personally is not important. When I sing, I believe. I am honest.

The voice hides nothing.

22. For years I've nursed a secret desire to spend the 4th of July in a double hammock with a wide redheaded swinging...but I could never find myself a double hammock.

Ironic phrase about his way of relaxing.

23. Fear is the enemy of logic.

How many things do we stop doing simply because of fear?

24. I am in favor of decency, period. I am in favor of everything and anything that brings love and consideration for my fellow men.

Although he was sometimes associated with some mafia clans, Frank Sinatra always had words of conciliation and fraternity.

25. The great lesson of life, honey, never be afraid of anyone or anything.

You will go far if you always go forward.

26. People who make a living from the fortunes or misfortunes of others are parasites.

On their hatred of people who cannot be trusted.

27. You have to be working from the moment you come into the light. You have to know exactly what you're doing every second on that stage, otherwise, the act goes straight down the toilet. It's over. Good night.

A tip for self-respecting singers and artists.

28. What formula? I never had one, so I couldn't say what the main ingredient is. I think all of us who are successful in this business have a common ingredient: the talent God gave us. The rest depends on how you use it.

Great line by Frank Sinatra about talent and the common denominator of success.

29. If you own something but you can't give it away, then you don't own it...it owns you.

Perhaps, his most famous and remembered quote.

30. What I do with my life is of my own accord. I live it the best way I can.

His adventurous and solitary spirit.

31. Orange is the happiest color.

About the color that transmits the most positive energy to you.

32. I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I know.

A pedagogue's soul.

33. All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.

Surely, this phrase was addressed to political leaders.

34. Fresh air makes me vomit. I can't handle it. I'd rather be around three Denobili cigars puffing in my face all night.

Bad habit.

35. Stay alive, stay active and practice as much as you can.

A tip for living and always reinventing yourself.

36. I believe in you and me. I am like Albert Schweitzer, Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein because I respect life in any form. I believe in nature, in the birds, in the sea, in the sky, in everything I can see or in what there is real evidence of. If these things are what you mean by God, then I believe in God.

In this phrase, Sinatra shows us his respect and love for nature.

37. There are several things I think I would have done if I had the chance again. I would have been a little more patient about going out into the world. I would have made sure I had a more formal education.

Some of the little reproaches she made to herself about her past.

38. Basically, I'm all for anything that gets you through the night, whether it's prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.

He was not hiding a certain self-destructive eagerness.

39. I feel sorry for people who don't drink, because when they wake up in the morning, that's the best they're going to feel all day.

A phrase that we should not take too much into account if we want to preserve our health.

40. I'm very fond of women; I admire them.... But, like all men, I don't understand them.

A womanizer like Sinatra didn't quite understand certain mysteries about the female mind either.

41. I love all those girls just as much as I love myself. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me.... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I am a boudoir singer.

About his fans and the way he seduced them.

42. Deep down, I think I am a lounge singer because there is a greater intimacy between the performer and the audience in a nightclub. On the other hand, I love the thrill of appearing in front of a large concert audience. Let's just say that the venue is not important, as long as everyone has a good time.

Different contexts, same artist.

43. If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It's a world, man. We are all neighbors.

There are no enemies, we all have problems, desires and illusions.

44. Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says: love your enemy.

Perhaps, its most famous phrase.

45. A well-balanced girl is the one who has an empty head and a tight sweater.

Ironic phrase about women, which has not stood the test of time.

46. I don't discount a man's apparent need for faith; I'm all for anything that gets you through the night, whether it's prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels. But for me, religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the sorcerer in the middle.

Religion seen as an individual phenomenon, not just a collective one.

47. Nothing anyone says or writes about me bothers me, except when they do.

A curious irony based on public opinion.

48. A friend is never an imposition.

Reflecting on the nature of friendship.

49. The only male singer I have ever seen besides myself who is better than me is Michael Jackson.

A mixture of praise and pride.

50. Since he is a man, what has he achieved? If not himself, then he has nothing. Saying the things he really feels and not the words of someone who kneels. My story shows that I took the hits and did it my way.

The competition with yourself is the only one that matters.

51. I like smart women. When dating, it shouldn't be a looking contest.

Beyond beauty there are many more things that matter.

52. Who wants to be somebody buys a Ferrari, who is already somebody has a Lamborghini.

Scathing phrase about the differences in the level of economic success.

53. People often comment that I am very lucky. Luck is only important to the extent that you have the opportunity to sell yourself at the right time. After that, you have to have talent and know how to use it.

An assessment of how much luck matters.

54. Stay alive, stay active, and practice as much as possible.

A maxim of life formulated as a recommendation.

55. Critics don't worry me, because if I do it wrong, I know I've done it wrong before they write it. And if I do it right, I know I've done it right. I know myself well, so a critic doesn't make me mad.

Sinatra had a kind of inner critic.

56. Here's to the confusion of our enemies.

A wish related to enmity.

57. You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough.

You cannot rehearse to live.

58. I have lived a full life, traveled each and every road, and more, much more than this, I did it my way.

Looking back to assess their life trajectory.

59. To be successful you must have friends, to be very successful you must have enemies.

Pointing out a curious paradox.

60. Rock ' n Roll: The most brutal, horrible, desperate, vicious form of expression that it has been my misfortune to listen to.

In this subject, the taste of Frank Sinatra was very conservative.

61. I don't give even 5 years of life to that shitty music called Rock and Roll.

One of the most remembered phrases of this singer, because of the misjudgment of his prediction.

62. Live each day as if it were your last.

This artist was a real vitalist.

63. I believe that God knows what each one of us wants and needs. It is not necessary to come to church on Sundays to reach Him. You can find Him anywhere. And if that sounds heretical, my source is quite reliable: Matthew, 5 to 7, the Sermon on the Mount.

One of Frank Sinatra's phrases in which he deals with the religious theme.

64. You have to enjoy life, man, because dying is a real bummer.

Encouraging to enjoy life.

65. Tilt your hat, angles are attitudes.

A way of expressing one's personality through aesthetics.

66. I'm not looking for the secret of life... I just go from day to day, little by little and without pause.

On his relaxed and somewhat conformist spirit.

67. I like intelligent women. When you go out, you shouldn't play a staring contest.

Your interest should be in those who bring more than just beauty.

68. I am supposed to have a doctorate on the subject of women. But the truth is that I have been rejected more often than I have been accepted. I have a lot of affection for women. I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.

Thus he expresses his curiosity about the female mind.

69. A man does not know what joy is until he is married. Then it's too late.

Great ironic reflection on life after marriage.

70. I am a beautiful thing.

Phrase in reference to his unique character.