"I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra"
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The wording does a lot of social work. "Actually" signals correction, as if responding to skepticism or a narrative shes heard about herself. "Six or seven years ago" adds a casual imprecision that reads as lived-in, not rehearsed PR copy. She isnt counting for the record; she is gesturing toward a past that feels real. The subtext is: Ive been doing this longer than you think, and I was vetted by the most intimidating kind of audience, one that came for Sinatra and tolerated no substitutes.
Theres a second, sharper undercurrent: power by proximity. In entertainment, legitimacy often travels through association. Zadora invokes Sinatra as cultural capital and as shield. If you were accepted on that bill, the quote implies, you belong in the lineage of American songbook performance - not as an interloper, but as someone whos already paid the dues behind the curtain.
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Zadora, Pia. (2026, January 15). I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-started-singing-those-songs-six-or-159497/
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Zadora, Pia. "I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-started-singing-those-songs-six-or-159497/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-started-singing-those-songs-six-or-159497/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




