A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra.
It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.
Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.
I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra.
When I was invited to sing with Pavarotti, I had about two weeks to learn Italian.