" The Mob loved Sinatra not just because he was Italian-American, but because he had crossed over into a nether world in which they could never belong. And he got there because he could do something few people in the world could do as well, and no one in the same way: he could sing. "

― Nancy Jo Sales , The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World