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> [My view is that you cannot close your mind and say I don't want to listen to this or that. Because if you can't appreciate the bad for being bad, you can't appreciate the good. If you turn a deaf…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/my-view-is-that-you-cannot-close-your-mind-and-say-i-don-t-want-to/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

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## More by Billy Eckstine

> [Piano should be the one. Yeah, because that's your basis. Everything is right there in front of you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/piano-should-be-the-one-yeah-because-that-s-your-basis-everything-is/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [... Geniuses have a little extra something. There's that little something that you know is a little different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/geniuses-have-a-little-extra-something-there-s-that-little-something/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/i-m-not-much-on-gimmicks-i-never-have-been-because-they-don-t-last/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [My youngest daughter sings. She's going to be very good. She's graduated from Music School and she's been working down around and getting her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/my-youngest-daughter-sings-she-s-going-to-be-very-good-she-s/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music, your horn is down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/when-you-re-playing-music-say-for-instance-you-re-playing-a-part-of/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/i-m-used-to-hearing-myself-my-own-voice/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music, your horn is down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/when-you-re-playing-music-say-for-instance-you-re-playing-a-part-of-2/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [As a matter of fact they'd blacken us down. I guess there's a reason that according to what the Caucasian wanted us to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/as-a-matter-of-fact-they-d-blacken-us-down-i-guess-there-s-a-reason/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/i-was-so-enamored-with-the-idea-of-being-in-show-business-so/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [You can't sing about love unless you know about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/you-can-t-sing-about-love-unless-you-know-about-it/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/i-just-went-to-harvard-a-little-while-because-i-graduated-from/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/if-you-want-to-be-a-doctor-a-lawyer-you-must-go-to-college-but-if-you/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [My view is that you cannot close your mind and say I don't want to listen to this or that. Because if you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/my-view-is-that-you-cannot-close-your-mind-and-say-i-don-t-want-to/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/oh-yeah-i-know-dizzy-for-years-he-s-been-my-buddy-way-way-way-back/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

> [I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-eckstine/i-was-still-in-school-at-the-time-and-cab-was-very-popular-and/)

[Billy Eckstine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-eckstine/)

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