Tommy Dorsey quotes from Sinatra

Tommy Dorsey

When an entertainer is at the birth of his children, it means he's not working. You are!

Uh, excuse me. We have a problem.

Tommy Dorsey

We do? What's the problem?

We don't serve coloured's here.

Tommy Dorsey

[on Sy Oliver] He's with the band.

I'm sorry, it's hotel policy.

Frank Sinatra

Serve wasps? Tykes, kraut's, hunky's, mix? That's the whole band. Maybe we should all leave.

Hey, Frank, it's okay. I'm used to it.

Frank Sinatra

So am I. It ain't okay. [to the Hotel Clerk] I grew up with bums like this. Now give him the key or I'm gonna wreck this goddamn barn!

Tommy Dorsey

Take it easy, Frank.

Frank Sinatra

[angrily grabs the Hotel Clerk by the tie] I said give him the key!

Frank Sinatra

[to the Hotel Clerk] Thank you.

Frank Sinatra

You don't hang around with the guys much, do you?

Tommy Dorsey

Ah, you can't when you run an organisation.

Frank Sinatra

What about me?

Tommy Dorsey

Hey, pallie, you and I are a whole other species of human being. So, what's your signature song gonna be?

Frank Sinatra

I don't want a song, I want my own sound. You see, TD, if I can do with my voice what you do with a trombone, I can knock the whole gang right off the charts.

Tommy Dorsey

[short pause] Breath control. [walks]

Frank Sinatra

Breath control?

Frank Sinatra

Tommy! Tommy, c'mon, stop, will ya. I know you got a call.

Tommy Dorsey

Yeah, I got a call. So you got yourself a big show business attorney now. And I got a call from Columbia Records, and I got a call from CBS. Oh, and I got a call from your... agent. Congratulations. [bitterly] You got a hell of a back up team all of a sudden.

Frank Sinatra

Tommy, I love ya. You done everything for me. But this just wasn't a fair deal.

Tommy Dorsey

Oh, but it's fair for you to break a contract? It's fair that they won't play my records on the radio if I don't let you out?!

Frank Sinatra

It wasn't a contract. It was a life sentence. Now I told you I'd stay for a year, and I will.

Tommy Dorsey

Nah, if you're gonna go? Go. [begins walking away]

Frank Sinatra

I'm sorry. But I gotta do this.

Tommy Dorsey

[turns] Not everybody thinks you're gonna be as big as you think. Personally? I hope you fall flat on your ass. [walks away]