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Bandleader Inspirational Quotes (1464)

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He sounded to me like he's supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.
Miles Davis
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There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the sad reality of poverty in America. We saw, in all its horrific detail, the vulnerabilities of living in inadequate housing and the heartbreak of losing one's home.
Harry Connick, Jr.
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Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life
Fela Kuti
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I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.
Gerry Mulligan
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But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together.
Buddy Rich
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If you have to ask, you'll never know.
Miles Davis
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He taught me everything I know. Every note I write I learned from that man upstairs. People rave over my arranging today, and I just think to myself, God bless Tommy Dorsey. If it hadn't been for him, I never could have done it.
Nelson Riddle
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Stay in school, stay off drugs, don't make the same mistakes I did, respect yourself, and others will follow.
Ike Turner
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They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.
Dizzy Gillespie
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Be on your toes tonight - or I'll be on yours tomorrow.
Fred Waring
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I love the music, but being on the road ain't a piece of cake, but it is real rewarding. You've got to - all those people can't come to my house, so I've got to go out on the road and play for them.
Charlie Musselwhite
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That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos.
Charlie Hunter
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Change is inevitable in music - things change.
John Coltrane
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I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.
Herbie Hancock
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The office of President is a great one to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged in weaving a background of music for the pageantry of it, there came a deeper realization of the effect of that office on the man.
John Philip Sousa
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He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.
Bob Crosby
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Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
Quincy Jones
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Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
Lionel Hampton
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There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.
Duke Ellington
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Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
Miles Davis
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
Barry White
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
Duke Ellington
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In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it.
Lawrence Welk
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Considering the great heritage in music that we have - the work of the giants of the past, the present, and the promise of those who are to come - I feel that we have every reason to face the future optimistically.
John Coltrane
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