“My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness.'”

“I've always lived in a city. I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely.”