Its very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it. – Johnny Mathis
Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do. – Johnny Mathis
I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I dont. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do. – Johnny Mathis
I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work. – Johnny Mathis
I dont mind traveling that much when I can go somewhere and stay there for a while, but touring is different. You rarely see anything. You get there early in the morning and youre resting all day, and you go in and do a sound check, and you do the show, and then bam youre gone. – George Strait