Bing Crosby

"My two sons, Harry and Nathaniel, my father and my father-in-law and many of my friends idolized Roberto Clemente and so did I. I called him a double superstar."

"He was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone."

"[Crooning] started with Vallee, Rudy Vallée, didn't it? ... I was glad to be classified [as] anything, just to be working."

"[ Frank Sinatra was] another singer, and a good one."

"Cole Porter, he never missed, that fellow."

"I don't think I ever did pick a hit song, unless it was "Sweet Leilani". ... Some of the songs that [[w:Jack Kapp|Jack [Kapp] ]] picked didn't work, but 99% of them did."

"I just played Bing Crosby. ... Sometimes I had a priest's collar; sometimes I dressed some way else."

"Louis Armstrong ... was marvelous to be with. He had tremendous warmth, appeal. And I idolized him, not only for how great he was singing and playing, but for himself. ... I used to get postcards from him [from] all over the world. ... He went to every accessible place in the world."