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
I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work. – 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
Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do. – Johnny Mathis
And this prime hour of fragrance is the hour so many miss upon beds of sloth, never half knowing what a beautiful, marvellous world is around them. Not all the long hours of day can possibly bring back again the charm and blessedness of this, either to the body or to the soul. – Sarah Smiley