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> [I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/i-tried-practicing-for-a-few-weeks-and-ended-up-playing-too-fast/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

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## More by Paul Desmond

> [I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/i-tried-practicing-for-a-few-weeks-and-ended-up-playing-too-fast/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/the-qualities-in-music-which-i-considered-most-important-and-still-do/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [ I'm glad \[Ornette Coleman\] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing, even though… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/i-m-glad-ornette-coleman-is-such-an-individualist-i-like-the-firmness/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/we-used-to-get-on-planes-and-they-d-ask-who-we-were-and-we-d-say-the/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/i-would-like-to-thank-my-father-who-discouraged-me-from-playing-the/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/i-would-also-like-to-thank-my-father-who-discouraged-me-from-playing/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [We're working as if it were going out of style-which of course it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/we-re-working-as-if-it-were-going-out-of-style-which-of-course-it-is/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [Sometimes I get the feeling that there are orgies going on all over new York City, and somebody says, 'Let's call Desmond,' and somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/sometimes-i-get-the-feeling-that-there-are-orgies-going-on-all-over/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/i-was-unfashionable-before-anyone-knew-who-i-was/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [Our basic audience begins with creaking elderly types of twenty-three and above.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/our-basic-audience-begins-with-creaking-elderly-types-of-twenty-three/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [Not for me. If I want to tune everybody out, I just take off my glasses and enjoy the haze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/not-for-me-if-i-want-to-tune-everybody-out-i-just-take-off-my-glasses/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go into the wrestling room and sit in the corner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/i-discovered-early-in-life-that-if-you-take-gym-first-period-you-can/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/i-was-overlooked-long-before-anyone-knew-who-i-was/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/it-was-never-supposed-to-be-a-hit-it-was-supposed-to-be-a-joe-morello/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

> [Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-desmond/milton-of-all-people-gave-the-most-perfect-definition-of-the-state-of/)

[Paul Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-desmond/)

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