Lester Quotes

23 quotes by 22 authors

My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film. — Sally Phillips
Probably having fallen in love with music and movies at a young age and then first learning about writing by kind of following the path… — Cameron Crowe
From watching Lester (Flatt), I learned that it's important to be loyal to the people who made you and bought your music. He called me… — Marty Stuart
I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic concepts. And those… — Charles Mingus
I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A… — Count Basie
In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so… — Billie Holiday
When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words. — Billie Holiday
I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always… — Sonny Rollins
I was taken by William Burroughsâ€™ presence and intelligence from the first time I was introduced to him, by Lester Bangs in 1975. He was… — Kate Simon
I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at… — David Oyelowo
I built up a knowledge of 1960s and '70s British films because my dad used to work nights, and I'd sit up with my mum… — Nick Moran
We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There are some people they… — Gale Sayers
At least Lester had the decency to weep at his act of perfidy. Reader, do you know what 'perfidy' means? I have a feeling you… — Kate DiCamillo
Have you told Eric and the rest of them thatâ€”â€ â€œThat Iâ€™m a vampire? No. It isnâ€™t the sort of thing you just drop into… — Cassandra Clare
I still credit Adrian Lester with being one of my biggest influences. — Ashley Madekwe
Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course. — Malcolm McDowell
Charlie Parker was a genius, as was Lester Young. — Sebastian Coe
Lester Germer was my first supervisor at Bell Labs. He was the Germer of the Davisson and Germer Experiment that is sometimes referred to in… — Willard Boyle
When I look back over my career, having an opportunity to compete against really good players like Lester Hayes are some of the highlights. — Steve Largent
In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal. — Lee Konitz

Who Wrote These Lester Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 23 Lester Quotes as follows: