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Bandleader Inspirational Quotes (1464)

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Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.
Lionel Hampton
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I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you try to do it again, it doesn't work so well.
Jools Holland
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As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
Barry White
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I'll write down and catalogue all the different devices that are Americana to me, and I try to have a historic depth and breadth and also the things that we do in our time, the type of vamps and chants, things that are available to us.
Wynton Marsalis
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Love can make you do things that you never thought possible
Phil Collins
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I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'
Count Basie
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The reason [drummers] call things unison, and they sound unison, is because you actually play two different tempos . . . like you're a little sharp, or a little flat it's so slight that they call it unison, but it's not unison.
Miles Davis
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One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.
Herbie Hancock
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I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.
Billy Eckstine
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I feel that I have an obligation to jazz and also to myself to play as good as I can play.
Sonny Rollins
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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
Herbie Hancock
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I improvised my life along the way - I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
Quincy Jones
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Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then.
Miles Davis
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Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
Miles Davis
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People will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype.
Miles Davis
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I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.
Herbie Hancock
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The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
Herbie Hancock
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Find a way to my heart, and I will always be with you.
Phil Collins
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I think I was the best drummer!
Phil Collins
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Live theater is just an incredibly powerful medium, and I think anyone who goes, whether they know about it or not, if they see something that sort of fits with them, it's kind of hard to deny that they had a good time.
Harry Connick, Jr.
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I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don't have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you'll understand.
Ella Fitzgerald
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I love what Chris & Katy are bringing to the table with Coal Train Railroad. It makes ME feel like a kid again! I think children of all ages will love the humor, silliness and the catchy, cool, and crazy music that reminds us all that music should be fun to listen to. I’m honored (and slightly tickled) to be part of this wonderful project. Thanks!
Jeff Coffin
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Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.
Louis Armstrong
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I'm still growing I take each day, one day-at-a-time. I'm always thinking and dreaming. As long as this heart keeps beating, there will be new things coming along.
Roy Haynes
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