"Just to be around that, to feel a……" — Benny Green
"Just to be around that, to feel a part of it and be able to integrate the experience while I was with the Messengers, of going and playing gigs with other drummers, gave me the chance to realize that it was not just me that was making it happen."
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23 Quotes by Benny Green
Benny Green has 23 quotes on this site.
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A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.
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The first time we performed as a duo, we had already been playing together in various situations.
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He would catapult you forward, and that was his intention with the Jazz Messengers. He would take young people with…
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Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father.
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Just to have that sense of family, it gives you something that you know you need to take care of…
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The magic can happen in a studio. Special things can happen in a recording studio, even though it may seem…
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Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much.
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Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment, I put on one of their records, and there are…
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Art was carrying me a lot of the time. When you're accustomed to playing with Art, and you play with…
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I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on…
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I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on…
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I have similar feelings, actually. The intimacy of a club: you can see the people, you can almost feel them;…
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