--- title: "1 Willing Say Quotes By Count Basie" description: "1 Willing Say quotes by Count Basie. Plus more from Count Basie and more Willing Say sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/count-basie-25671_happens_i-was-always-willing-to-say-let-s-see-wh_3055288.png" --- > [I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-was-always-willing-to-say-let-s-see-what-happens-when-something/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/count-basie-25671_happens_i-was-always-willing-to-say-let-s-see-wh_3055288.png) ## More by Count Basie > [I think the band can really swing when it swings easy, when it can just play along like you are cutting butter,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-think-the-band-can-really-swing-when-it-swings-easy-when-it-can/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [I don't dig that two-beat jive the New Orleans cats play. My boys and I have to have four heavy beats to the bar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-don-t-dig-that-two-beat-jive-the-new-orleans-cats-play-my-boys-and/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/of-course-there-are-a-lot-of-ways-you-can-treat-the-blues-but-it-will/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel ... and that's what I've been doing all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/all-i-wanted-was-to-be-big-to-be-in-show-business-and-to-travel-and/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/well-if-you-find-a-note-tonight-that-sounds-good-play-the-same-damn/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [ I'll always remember when I first heard Lester \[Young\]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-ll-always-remember-when-i-first-heard-lester-young-i-d-never-heard/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/it-s-the-way-you-play-that-makes-it-play-like-you-play-play-like-you/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/if-you-find-a-note-tonight-that-sounds-good-play-the-same-damn-note/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [Keep on listening & tapping your feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/keep-on-listening-tapping-your-feet/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [I got everything I wanted. When I was young in Kansas City, I knew nothing about Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-got-everything-i-wanted-when-i-was-young-in-kansas-city-i-knew/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/freddie-green-has-been-my-right-arm-for-thirty-years-and-if-he-leaves/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-decided-that-i-would-be-one-of-the-biggest-new-names-and-i-actually/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [I never thought innovation as such was very important. Not when you have to think about it... If you're going to come up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-never-thought-innovation-as-such-was-very-important-not-when-you/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [If a guy is gonna to play good bop, he has to have a sort of a bop soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/if-a-guy-is-gonna-to-play-good-bop-he-has-to-have-a-sort-of-a-bop-soul/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) > [I just think swing is a matter of some good things put together that you can really pat your foot by. I can't define…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-just-think-swing-is-a-matter-of-some-good-things-put-together-that/) [Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-basie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/willing-say/count-basie/#itemlist", "name": "1 Willing Say Quotes By Count Basie", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was always willing to say, \"Let's see what happens,\" when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Count Basie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-basie/i-was-always-willing-to-say-let-s-see-what-happens-when-something/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/count-basie-25671_happens_i-was-always-willing-to-say-let-s-see-wh_3055288.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/count-basie-25671_happens_i-was-always-willing-to-say-let-s-see-wh_3055288.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/count-basie-25671_happens_i-was-always-willing-to-say-let-s-see-wh_3055288.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was always willing to say, \"Let's see what happens,\" when something came up that looked like it might help…” — Count Basie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/willing-say/count-basie/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/willing-say/count-basie/", "name": "Willing Say Quotes by Count Basie", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/willing-say/count-basie/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/count-basie-25671_happens_i-was-always-willing-to-say-let-s-see-wh_3055288.png" }, "description": "1 Willing Say quotes by Count Basie. 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