Balls Quote by Ben Webster

The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a…

— Duke Ellington

From the small clubs of the Harlem Renaissance where he began playing saxophone to world tours for the biggest of the big bands, Benny…

— William J. Clinton

One of many joyful moments with BB King was him letting me play 'Lucille.' ...The thrill will never be gone.

— Stevie Wonder

Jack Benny was a very warm person and a very appreciative person.

— Thurl Ravenscroft

Benny [Carter] opened the eyes of a lot of producers and studios, so that they could understand that you could go to blacks for…

— Quincy Jones

Everybody ought to listen to Benny [Carter]. He's a whole musical education.

— Miles Davis

I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.

— Lee Konitz

Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.

— Lionel Hampton

I'm a very intermediate sax player, but now that Rob Lowe is on my show, I had to cop to him. Like, 'Dude your…

— Nick Offerman

I used to go with him and I'd sometimes play, take over from him. That was my first taste of the music business, I…

— Trevor Horn

Eventually as a teenager, I was pulled up on stage by James Brown's saxophone player, Maceo Parker, during one of his concerts and scatted…

— Wendy Starland

Once there was Louis Armstrong blowing his beautiful top in the muds of New Orleans; before him the mad musicians who had paraded on…

— Jack Kerouac