Basie Quotes

10 quotes by 9 authors

• I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the… — Dave Brubeck
• I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce… — Count Basie
• More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform. — Tony Bennett
• Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy Dog, Pearl Jam,… — Christian McBride
• I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and [Count] Basie and [Frank] Sinatra and all that stuff, 'cause that's… — Quincy Jones
• And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players.… — Buddy Rich
• The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section. — Jo Jones
• Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school. — Clark Terry
• When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in the house, so… — Dan Hill

Who Wrote These Basie Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 10 Basie Quotes as follows:

• 1 Basie Quote by Dave Brubeck
• 1 Basie Quote by Count Basie
• 1 Basie Quote by Tony Bennett
• 1 Basie Quote by Christian McBride
• 1 Basie Quote by Quincy Jones
• 1 Basie Quote by Buddy Rich
• 1 Basie Quote by Jo Jones
• 1 Basie Quote by Clark Terry
• 1 Basie Quote by Dan Hill