A biography for Frank Sinatra Jr.hasn’t been written yet.
“When I was younger, sure, I wanted to have some degree of, shall we say, identity. But it never came.”
“In my own career, I used to do a Sinatra medley in every show, or at least sing one of his songs.”
“I don't really look for material with the idea it might make a hit record.”
“I just try to fit into society the best I can. Be unobtrusive, be smooth. I don't want to hurt anybody, or be hurt.”
“As a young singer, a record company wanted me to be a rock singer. I told them I couldn't because I didn't understand the music.”
“Elvis Presley was rock 'n' roll, I thought that was pretty mediocre. But since that time, the succeeding steps in music has been down, just more degradation. Then we got into punk rock, and now we are into rap music, which is a total oxymoron.”
“I spend a lot of time visiting friends, watching video cassette movies, and things like that.”
“I'd love to have my own T V. series so I could stay put for awhile.”
“I wanted to be a composer.”
“Of course, it's human nature for people, when they meet me to have some preconceptions about how I look, how I sing, how I behave. I can understand that. And I've realized you can't do anything about human nature except to ignore it.”
“When I started as a kid, I wanted to be a piano player and songwriter. I only became a singer by accident.”
“I was with him, coincidentally, on the evening in 1979 when they had buried John Wayne. My father cried like a baby when he went to see the Duke.”
“Originally, what we call rock 'n' roll was nothing more than an attempt of very bad white performers to sound like black rhythm-and-blues performers. They did their best to emulate, they did their best to paraphrase. And that started what later became rock 'n' roll.”
“I mean, Frank Sinatra is one of the great performers in pop music history. Why shouldn't I be delighted to carry on his tradition?”
“Never had a hit movie or hit TV show or hit record. I just had visions of doing the best quality of music. Now there is a place for me because Frank Sinatra is dead. They want me to play the music. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be noticed. The only satisfaction is that I do what I do well. That's the only lawful satisfaction.”
“Look, as a child growing up it occurred to me that I had everything I could have wanted: a roof over my head, education, food. All of it because my father provided... My way of giving back was being that invisible guy. Giving something back from a lifetime of taking.”
“I like the Suncoast so much. It is miles from the Strip. It reminds me of the old Vegas atmosphere when things were a little more personal.”
“Before the State of Israel became a reality, Sinatra was a strong supporter, knowing that Jews were being denied access to the Holy Land. Sinatra met and had a friendship with Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Ben-Gurion gave Sinatra a beautiful Old Testament bible that was a proud possession that my father kept all his life.”
“I never felt that it was in anyone's best interest to be looked at differently by other people because of a name. I kept to myself a lot.”
“This business of fame - when people ask me what it was like growing up in this famous family, I say, 'When you take it seriously you're in a lot of trouble.'”