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title: "1 Benny Quotes By Lionel Hampton"
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> [Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/working-with-benny-was-important-for-me-and-for-black-musicians-in/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/lionel-hampton-30369_benny_working-with-benny-was-important-for-me_2833040.jpg)

## Other authors on Benny

## More by Lionel Hampton

> [So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/so-i-always-figured-i-d-still-be-playing-at-this-age/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/i-feel-honored-to-have-been-a-part-of-that-dramatic-change/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/i-always-figured-i-d-still-be-playing-at-this-age/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/i-worked-hard-learning-harmony-and-theory-when-i-was-growing-up-in/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/every-day-i-look-forward-to-getting-with-my-instruments-trying-new/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/gratitude-is-when-memory-is-stored-in-the-heart-and-not-in-the-mind/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/all-art-is-communication-of-the-artists-ideas-sounds-thoughts-without/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/i-m-motivated-the-spirit-hits-me-and-i-just-keep-going-and-don-t-stop/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/seemed-to-me-that-drumming-was-the-best-way-to-get-close-to-god/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [Man, as long as people want to hear Jazz, I'll give it to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/man-as-long-as-people-want-to-hear-jazz-i-ll-give-it-to-them/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/music-was-our-wife-and-we-loved-her-we-stayed-with-her-clothed-her/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/playing-is-my-way-of-thinking-talking-communicating/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/the-secret-is-keeping-busy-and-loving-what-you-do/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [It's always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she's the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/it-s-always-jazz-you-can-put-a-new-dress-on-her-a-new-hat-but-no/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

> [Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/music-was-our-wife-and-we-loved-her-and-we-stayed-with-her-and-we/)

[Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/)

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