“I said I thought she had a very fine voice.She nodded. 'I know. I'm going to be a professional singer.''Really? Opera?''Heavens, no. I'm going to sing jazz on the radio and make heaps of money. Then, when I'm thirty, I shall retire and live on a ranch in Ohio.”

J.D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger - “I said I thought she had a very fine...” 1

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