Bandstand Quotes
15 quotes by 13 authors
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If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you…
— Miles Davis
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This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.
— Wynton Marsalis
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The bandstand is a sacred place.
— Wynton Marsalis
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My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by…
— Frederick Reines
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The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
— Bill Bruford
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Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
— Jerry Garcia
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I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and…
— Narada Michael Walden
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I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, .. Watch the films…
— Chubby Checker
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My granddad was an evangelist, and my grandma, she was as tough as nails. She watched 'American Bandstand' every day when she was in her…
— Alice Cooper
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You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that…
— Charlie Parker
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We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.
— Paul Simon
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How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your…
— Wynton Marsalis
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The bandstand is an incredible space. It is really a sacred space. One of the things that is really sacred about it is that you…
— Stefon Harris
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Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven…
— Stan Kenton
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I have similar feelings, actually. The intimacy of a club: you can see the people, you can almost feel them; you can't beat that. People…
— Benny Green
Who Wrote These Bandstand Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 15 Bandstand Quotes as follows: