Gay Talese: Doing

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“He seemed now to be also the embodiment of the fully emancipated male, perhaps the only one in America, the man who can do anything he wants, anything, can do it because he has money, the energy, and no apparent guilt. … The man who had everything, lost it, then got it back, letting nothing stand in his way, doing what few men can do.”

Gay Talese Frank Sinatra Has a Cold

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold (Esquire, April 1966)

Men , Money , Way

“All the Way; All or Nothing at All. This is the Sicilian in Sinatra; he permits his friends, if they wish to remain that, none of the easy Anglo-Saxon outs. But if they remain loyal, then there is nothing Sinatra will not do in turn — fabulous gifts, personal kindnesses, encouragement when they're down, adulation when they're up. They are wise to remember, however, one thing. He is Sinatra. The boss. Il Padrone.”

Gay Talese

"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" (Esquire, April 1966)

Way , Personality

“He never knows whether they want him for what he can do for them now — or will do for them later.”

Gay Talese

"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" (Esquire, April 1966)