"It was my band. I organized the band……" — Billy Eckstine
"It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band."
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Billy Eckstine
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25 Quotes by Billy Eckstine
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You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful.…
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When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music,…
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My youngest daughter sings. She's going to be very good. She's graduated from Music School and she's been working down…
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I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so…
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Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of…
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When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.
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... Geniuses have a little extra something. There's that little something that you know is a little different.
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I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they…
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I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I…
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I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment…
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I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean,…
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I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside.
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