“Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.”

—  Frank Sinatra

As quoted in And I Quote : The Definitive Collecton of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker (2003) by Ashton Applewhite , Tripp Evans, and Andrew Frothingham.

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