Jazz Quote by Benny Goodman Download Open image “You have to look good.” — Benny Goodman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jazz Looks
We're in a business where we need to look good. That is what people come to see. You have to take care of yourself. — Dimple Kapadia Copy Share Image
You have to work to look good. You don't wake up and effortlessly look fabulous. — Erika Jayne Copy Share Image
Some of the guys I played with .. didn't go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view. All they… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
I think my first impression (of Bix Beiderbecke) was the lasting one. I remember very clearly thinking, 'Where, what planet, did this guy come… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas Park isn't very memorable. I remember the street fights… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice. — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come. — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn’t keep on, you’ll find ‘em. The obstacles are all there;… — Benny Goodman Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a way of… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
It's bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it's not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
