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title: "1 Work Talent Quotes By Mary Lou Williams"
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> [If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/if-you-work-on-your-talent-the-plans-will-fall-in-automatically/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

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## More by Mary Lou Williams

> [I wonder what an agent would do if he had to travel with the band he's booking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/i-wonder-what-an-agent-would-do-if-he-had-to-travel-with-the-band-he/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/anything-you-are-shows-up-in-your-music-jazz-is-whatever-you-are/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/quite-a-few-musicians-came-to-our-house-and-my-ma-took-me-to-hear/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [It's not what you play, it's how you play it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/it-s-not-what-you-play-it-s-how-you-play-it/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/many-people-forget-that-jazz-no-matter-what-form-it-takes-must-come/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/offers-for-me-to-play-dances-society-parties-even-churches-were-now/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/one-way-and-another-i-was-having-a-ball-playing-gigs-jamming-and/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/if-you-work-on-your-talent-the-plans-will-fall-in-automatically/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [During the years I was with Andy Kirk we starved almost. I remember not eating for practically a month several times. But we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/during-the-years-i-was-with-andy-kirk-we-starved-almost-i-remember/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/within-a-few-hours-i-had-them-off-was-about-ready-to-play-the-shows/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/he-explained-how-ridiculous-the-clowning-was-and-there-and-then-i/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/when-seymour-saw-me-seated-at-the-piano-at-that-first-rehearsal-he/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

> [I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lou-williams/i-have-been-tied-up-with-music-for-about-as-long-as-i-can-remember-by/)

[Mary Lou Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lou-williams/)

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