You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning. — Toots Thielemans Copy Share Image
My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine. — Toots Thielemans Copy Share
My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I… — Toots Thielemans Copy Share
Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians. — Toots Thielemans Copy Share
You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like… — Toots Thielemans Copy Share
Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music. — Toots Thielemans Copy Share
My parents had a sidewalk cafe: every Sunday there was an accordion player and apparently I went through the motions, squeezing a shoebox. One… — Toots Thielemans Copy Share
And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality. — Toots Thielemans Copy Share
