--- title: "14 Benny Goodman Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 14 Benny Goodman quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Benny Goodman sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/artie-shaw-18387_clarinet_benny-goodman-plays-the-clarinet-i-play_1749918.png" --- > [Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/artie-shaw/benny-goodman-plays-the-clarinet-i-play-music/) [Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/artie-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/artie-shaw-18387_clarinet_benny-goodman-plays-the-clarinet-i-play_1749918.png) > [ Benny \[Goodman\] used to practice 15 times more than the whole band combined. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-james/benny-goodman-used-to-practice-15-times-more-than-the-whole-band/) [Harry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/harry-james-97618_band_benny-goodman-used-to-practice-15-times_2984549.png) > [The brilliant explosion known as Benny Goodman went off in 1935, and it hasn´t gone out yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-balliett/the-brilliant-explosion-known-as-benny-goodman-went-off-in-1935-and/) [Whitney Balliett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-balliett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/whitney-balliett-87992_brilliant_the-brilliant-explosion-known-as-benny-g_2034072.jpg) > [I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lee/i-started-off-playing-the-clarinet-after-i-was-inspired-by-listening/) [Alvin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/alvin-lee-17693_clarinet_i-started-off-playing-the-clarinet-after_42086.png) > [Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/benny-goodman-was-one-of-the-big-influences-as-a-clarinet-player-that/) [Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/lee-konitz-21497_bigs_benny-goodman-was-one-of-the-big-influen_1213401.png) > [Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-torme/since-the-advent-of-benny-goodman-there-have-been-too-few/) [Mel Torme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-torme/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/mel-torme-23523_advent_since-the-advent-of-benny-goodman-there_719003.png) > [“It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony.” - Benny Goodman, The King of Swing reply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benny-goodman/it-takes-the-black-keys-and-the-white-keys-both-to-make-perfect-2/) [Benny Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benny-goodman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/benny-goodman-25411_harmony_it-takes-the-black-keys-and-the-white-ke_2633427.png) > [I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-seldes/i-had-never-heard-anyone-play-like-benny-goodman-and-had-never-seen/) [Marian Seldes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-seldes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/marian-seldes-19701_goodman_i-had-never-heard-anyone-play-like-benny_1520844.png) > [ The distance between me and Benny \[Goodman\], was that I was trying to play a musical thing, and Benny was trying to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/artie-shaw/the-distance-between-me-and-benny-goodman-was-that-i-was-trying-to/) [Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/artie-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/artie-shaw-18387_deny_the-distance-between-me-and-benny-goodma_1425310.png) > [When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/artie-shaw/when-i-first-met-benny-goodman-he-wouldn-t-talk-about-anything-but/) [Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/artie-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/artie-shaw-18387_clarinet_when-i-first-met-benny-goodman-he-wouldn_938011.png) > [My dad had these great Benny Goodman albums that I was obsessed with, and Louis Prima's another guy I loved, and Peter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-giacchino/my-dad-had-these-great-benny-goodman-albums-that-i-was-obsessed-with/) [Michael Giacchino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-giacchino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/michael-giacchino-4387_dad_my-dad-had-these-great-benny-goodman-alb_2426026.png) > [“These stories at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/these-stories-at-times-to-be-stories-of-a-long-lost-world-when-the/) [John Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cheever/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/john-cheever-3301_dance-steps_these-stories-at-times-to-be-stories-of_2680541.jpg) > [Everybody in Germany was for the -German cause. But then, after the war ended, when I heard the first Glenn Miller sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-colani/everybody-in-germany-was-for-the-german-cause-but-then-after-the-war/) [Luigi Colani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-colani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/luigi-colani-27562_eye_everybody-in-germany-was-for-the-german_2127459.jpg) > [ Above all else, \[Benny Goodman\] was a great player, one of the greatest American music has produced. He brought his absolute talent… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/above-all-else-benny-goodman-was-a-great-player-one-of-the-greatest/) [Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/stanley-crouch-16415_absolutes_above-all-else-benny-goodman-was-a-great_523097.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benny-goodman/#itemlist", "name": "Benny Goodman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. 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Here is the last of that generation of chain smokers who woke to the world in the morning with their coughing, who used to get stoned at cocktail parties and perform obsolete dance steps like 'the Cleveland Chicken,' sail for Europe on ships, who were nostalgic for love and happiness, and whose gods were as ancient as yours and mine, whoever you are.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Cheever" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cheever/these-stories-at-times-to-be-stories-of-a-long-lost-world-when-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/john-cheever-3301_dance-steps_these-stories-at-times-to-be-stories-of_2680541.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/john-cheever-3301_dance-steps_these-stories-at-times-to-be-stories-of_2680541.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/john-cheever-3301_dance-steps_these-stories-at-times-to-be-stories-of_2680541.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“These stories at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a…” — John Cheever", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody in Germany was for the -German cause. 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