Lester Young Quotes
- 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
- 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
- Charlie Parker was a genius, as was Lester Young. — Sebastian Coe
- In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal. — Lee Konitz