"Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's……" — Billy Eckstine
"Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and one of the most learned guys in the world and knows exactly what he's doing musically."
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Billy Eckstine
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25 Quotes by Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine has 25 quotes on this site.
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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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More Astute Quotes
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Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing…
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The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery.
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To be physically astute and psychologically tended, yet morally insulated and conceptually blind--is to be crazy, not healthy.
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There are a few critics overseas, and occasionally a critic will write an astute analysis of the movie. There is…
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Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on…
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Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengths—the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter,…
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Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can…
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With the exceptional talent that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs…
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Adult dragons are,astute,powerful,and sure of their strength.
— Unknown Author
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