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> [That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/that-s-something-mary-lou-williams-used-to-tell-me-if-you-re-not/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

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## More by Marian McPartland

> [The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/the-key-of-d-is-daffodil-yellow-b-major-is-maroon-and-b-flat-is-blue/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/i-have-a-west-coast-rhythm-section-and-a-new-york-rhythm-section-i-ve/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/so-if-i-think-of-something-in-my-head-i-don-t-have-to-do-it-if-i-can/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/nowadays-it-seems-to-me-nobody-takes-trouble-about-anything/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/i-m-not-too-fond-of-changing-things-into-waltzes-but-sometimes-that/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works. I'm trying to get the record that I made at my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/i-m-not-too-fond-of-changing-things-into-waltzes-but-sometimes-that-2/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/at-the-risk-of-being-a-fuddy-duddy-i-don-t-have-a-computer-i-don-t/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/well-it-s-because-the-record-companies-are-pumping-away-with-their/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/it-s-awful-to-have-to-but-i-ve-started-thinking-about-that-you-know/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/as-long-as-i-can-still-be-on-my-own-and-do-my-own-thing-and-be/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [At Guildhall Id sneak into a rehearsal room, play a jazz tune by Art Tatum or something, and a professor would say, Stop playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/at-guildhall-id-sneak-into-a-rehearsal-room-play-a-jazz-tune-by-art/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/that-s-something-mary-lou-williams-used-to-tell-me-if-you-re-not/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail, so anybody that must send an e-mail, they send…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/so-i-have-a-friend-who-works-for-me-once-a-week-she-s-got-e-mail-so/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened, but a few years ago they suddenly went bankrupt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/baldwin-is-sort-of-getting-to-be-a-bit-funny-i-don-t-know-what/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

> [Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marian-mcpartland/boy-i-m-just-quietly-doing-my-thing-and-i-hope-they-ll-look-around/)

[Marian McPartland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marian-mcpartland/)

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