Benny Goodman Quotes
- Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one… — Mel Torme
- These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light,… — John Cheever
- Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. — Lee Konitz
- As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke. — B B King
- I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records. — Alvin Lee