I just received an email with these quotes this morning. I thought many of you would enjoy it.
I like the girls to match the upholstery of the car. -Charlie Barnet-
I wish you wouldn't make the strings such an important part of your
arrangements because frankly they're only a tax dodge! -Tommy Dorsey (to
arranger Nelson Riddle)-
Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain
the
popularity of Al Hirt?-Charles Mingus-
The outer space beings are my brothers. They sent me here. They already
know
my music. -Sun Ra-
I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go
into the wrestling room and sit in the corner and sleep. -Paul Desmond-
I was very happy and secure until I went into the army. Then I started
to
feel there was something I should know that I didn't know. -Bill Evans-
Jazz is the folk music of the machine age. -Paul Whiteman-
Are big bands coming back? Sure, every football season. -Woody Herman-
Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread-without it, it's flat. -Carmen
McCrae-
Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making
Huck
Finn an honorary Boy Scout. -Melvin Maddocks-
I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo. -Bessie Smith-
I am the world's laziest writer. -Oscar Peterson-
If someone has been escaping reality, I don't expect him to dig my
music.
-Charles Mingus -
Miles was a soul man, a sound, a black Humphrey Bogart. He was also an
insufferable p****. -Albert Goldman-
It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play. -Dizzy Gillespie-
I don't mind being the butt of a joke-if it's a funny joke. -Kenny G.-
Those people were mavericks. The only person who wanted them was me. I
mean,
was Gene Krupa hard to get? Was Bunny Berigan hard to get? -Benny
Goodman-
I spent a lot of time playing in miserable places that were not a lot of
fun. Somebody once said it is character building and I was like 'My
character is just fine.'-Diana Krall-
It's not the mistakes that count, it's what you do after them that
counts.
-Thelonious Monk-
I like the girls to match the upholstery of the car. -Charlie Barnet-
I wish you wouldn't make the strings such an important part of your
arrangements because frankly they're only a tax dodge! -Tommy Dorsey (to
arranger Nelson Riddle)-
Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain
the
popularity of Al Hirt?-Charles Mingus-
The outer space beings are my brothers. They sent me here. They already
know
my music. -Sun Ra-
I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go
into the wrestling room and sit in the corner and sleep. -Paul Desmond-
I was very happy and secure until I went into the army. Then I started
to
feel there was something I should know that I didn't know. -Bill Evans-
Jazz is the folk music of the machine age. -Paul Whiteman-
Are big bands coming back? Sure, every football season. -Woody Herman-
Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread-without it, it's flat. -Carmen
McCrae-
Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making
Huck
Finn an honorary Boy Scout. -Melvin Maddocks-
I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo. -Bessie Smith-
I am the world's laziest writer. -Oscar Peterson-
If someone has been escaping reality, I don't expect him to dig my
music.
-Charles Mingus -
Miles was a soul man, a sound, a black Humphrey Bogart. He was also an
insufferable p****. -Albert Goldman-
It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play. -Dizzy Gillespie-
I don't mind being the butt of a joke-if it's a funny joke. -Kenny G.-
Those people were mavericks. The only person who wanted them was me. I
mean,
was Gene Krupa hard to get? Was Bunny Berigan hard to get? -Benny
Goodman-
I spent a lot of time playing in miserable places that were not a lot of
fun. Somebody once said it is character building and I was like 'My
character is just fine.'-Diana Krall-
It's not the mistakes that count, it's what you do after them that
counts.
-Thelonious Monk-
