My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me.
Sure I do a lot of jokes about Anne Frank. But when you do those jokes, it makes people remember what happened to her. That process of bringing her story back doesn’t have to be a serious one. What I say is all nonsense, but it helps to keep her memory alive.
To be perfectly frank, there is an odd place after losing a child, where you think somehow your life is worth less.
I’d like to work with Florence and The Machine, Little Dragon, Frank Ocean, Miguel, Calvin Harris… there are so many artists and producers.
To be frank, I am confused. If an actress does a cameo dance sequence, it is often referred to as an item number, if an actor does the same, it is just a dance number!
Unlike Frank Sinatra, I have no regrets in my life. Zero. Whatever hardships I have faced, or have caused myself, are moments I have to embrace in order to move forward. I have no problem coming to grips with either the highs or lows in my life.
To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.
We met with the poet Frank O’Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings.
I began to discover that, in addition to her stunning achievements, there were flaws as there would be in any person’s life. I wanted to tell Madam’s story in an honest, frank way.
The way I see it, before I can sell an audience Frank Sr, I have to sell them Frank Jr first.
Some of my other heroes around that time were, oddly enough, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole and people like that – I was always more inclined to listen to ballads.
During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
I love Frank Ocean. For me, ‘Channel Orange’ is the best LP ever. I love his voice, the songwriting, everything.
Frank was an example throughout my career at Chelsea, and throughout my career as a midfielder. When it comes to scoring goals as a midfielder, you look at Frank Lampard as a role model.
I don’t think it’s ever changed, whether its Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Zeppelin, Guns n’ Roses or anyone today, the reason why you get into music is because you love it, and if you’re good at it, that’s a plus.
Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period.
If L. Frank Baum had written ‘Wicked,’ I’d have done. It doesn’t appeal to me at all and never did.
I’d like to have a kid, but I’d probably get a Frank Sinatra Jr. instead of a Gilbert Gottfried Jr. I’d totally screw up like that.
The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance.
I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man’s ability to fight and often triumph.
My favorite filmmaker is Frank Capra. He talked about the redemption of the human spirit – not the superhero, but the common man.
Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that ‘shining city on a hill.’ And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can’t do it on the cheap.
Frank Miller is more of a visionary than any director I’ve ever worked with, and he achieves that vision better than anyone I’ve ever worked with.
There’s this Frank Wildhorn tune ‘Sarah’ – it’s not a widely known tune, but it’s my favorite song to sing.
I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.
We are true singers but that maniac Frank Farian would never allow us to express ourselves.
I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was.
I love Frank Sinatra. He is one of my biggest all-time idols.
Pablo Picasso, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Hemingway, Mel Gibson, Lou Reed, Norman Mailer, Vanessa Redgrave, Van Morrison – each is distinguished by controversies unrelated to his or her art; by many accounts, some of them are not nice people at all.
I really wanted to have a name that was double-barreled. I think at the time I was listening to a lot of Odd Future – like Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean – and I wanted my name to have a ring to it.
But my promoter Frank Warren knows what he is doing, and has been through this cycle many times with other fighters.
L. Frank Baum is a genius.
Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it’s a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that’s a sign of good storytelling.
The idea of the duets albums was the people who joined Frank Sinatra in each song were themselves successful record artists, I never was. I felt a certain apprehension at the time that some people thought my being there was pure nepotism. I felt kind of out of place about that.
I have heard some stuff that might be influenced by my records, but it’s usually pretty wacky and off-the-wall, which is kind of annoying, to be frank.
My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, ‘If you haven’t actually seen a competitor’s film, don’t fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.’ Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.
I’d love to work with Frank Ocean. I really like his music.
You replace it by 23 percent tax, a frank, transparent tax embedded in the cost at retail, and everybody gets to takes their whole check home. And the average income earner gets a 50 percent increase in take-home pay.
As an entertainer, Justin Timberlake has learned from the past. He can cradle a mic stand like Elvis Presley, move like Michael Jackson, and swoon like Frank Sinatra.
Bringing accountability to the judiciary must be preceded by frank public discussion and debate. Unfortunately that cannot get started with the threat of contempt looming over people.
There has been a rather unpleasant sensibility apparent in Frank Miller’s work for quite a long time.
The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn’t know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss.
I went with a friend to see Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas, in the last year that he was performing. He wasn’t necessarily on top form, but the way he could connect with an audience and the way he communicated through the lyrics was something I hadn’t ever really seen before.
We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan.
I am pretty frank of a guy. That used to be appreciated, back in the day.
That’s what I like about Frank Ocean or Bon Iver – they try to capture a feeling in the most sincere way.
I’d love to work with Drake; I’d love to work with Frank Ocean, Jay Z, and Kanye. The list is endless.
My husband and I like to reminisce about how, when we were 9, we read straight through L. Frank Baum’s ‘Oz’ series, books filled with wizards and witches. And you know what those subversive tales taught us? That we loved to read!
Anne Frank’s diary made a very big impression on me at age 12 or so.
My parents were big music fans, and my dad plays music, so I grew up with Madonna, Frank Zappa, the Beatles, Alice In Chains… it was all over the place. I had a Third Eye Blind record, but I also had Korn, Courtney Love, and Shania Twain.
I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20’s playing Frank’s music and to be inspired to take things to a higher level themselves.
Frank Schirrmacher’s passing is a great loss. Among the intellectuals, he, along with Friedrich Kittler, was the only one who understood the philosophical dimensions of the Internet.
My wife didn’t like Hollywood or its stars, but she made an exception when, in 1972, we were invited to dinner – cooked by Frank Sinatra.
Frank Ocean called me when I was in Stockholm when I was, like, 17.
Fighting Frank Mir is something I’d love to do. I’m motivated to fight him.
It’s hard work, ‘Doctor Who,’ but let’s be frank about it, I’m fortunate to be rewarded in the ways that I am. I don’t just mean financially, I mean the nature of the part and everything that comes with it.
This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he’s Frank and in Chicago he’s Ernest.
The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It’s like the Anne Frank quote: ‘In spite of everything, I still believe that people are basically good at heart.’ Given what happened to her, it’s one of the miracles of the world that she said that.
I’m sure Obama is an atheist; I’m sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.
There will never be another Frank Sinatra. I never wanted to be another Frank Sinatra. I only wanted to be another Michael Buble.
Frank Williams says I’m nothing but a money-grabber. I can only laugh at that.
