Play Invent Quotes by Lionel Hampton

So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.

— Lionel Hampton

I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change.

— Lionel Hampton

I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.

— Lionel Hampton

I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.

— Lionel Hampton

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

— Lionel Hampton

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

— Lionel Hampton

All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist.

— 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…

— Lionel Hampton

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

— Lionel Hampton

Man, as long as people want to hear Jazz, I'll give it to them.

— Lionel Hampton

Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.

— Lionel Hampton

Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.

— Lionel Hampton