"No, that's not it. The first time we……" — Benny Green
"No, that's not it. The first time we met was at Fat Tuesday's. Benny was playing, this was, I think in 1989?"
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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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Just to be around that, to feel a part of it and be able to integrate the experience while I…
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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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Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting…
— Julie Burchill
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My old friend Jack Benny has only had one ball all his golfing life. And now he's lost it. The…
— Bob Hope
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Everybody is afraid they won't have any money after they die, but Jack Benny discovered a way to take it…
— Bob Hope
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Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.
— Harold C. Schonberg
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For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of…
— Avery Brooks
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Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken…
— Mel Torme
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When Jack Benny plays the violin, it sounds as though the strings are still in the cat.
— Fred Allen
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Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He…
— Bob Newhart
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I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered…
— Phil Hartman
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My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.
— Don Knotts
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I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't…
— Bob Newhart
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Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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