Swing Quotes

557 Swing quotes by 423 unique authors

I think it looked like I was a little more aggressive than I was, ... I swing at bad pitches anyway, but I was swinging… — Vladimir Guerrero
I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff. — Juice Newton
'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in… — Artie Shaw
What I love about Sonny's playing is that he is so inventive within the mainstream Jazz vernacular. Because he knows so many ways to deal… — Pete La Roca
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
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. It's like making a… — Horace Silver
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would… — Charlie Parker
It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a… — Artie Shaw
It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues and… — Alan Freed
Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters. — Rogers Hornsby
That's no good, I can't steal from the fairly well off and give to the moderately impoverished! That's not gonna swing, is it? — Eddie Izzard
If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them. — Pee Wee Reese
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be able… — Pee Wee Reese
I’m not afraid to take a swing and miss. — Frederick W. Smith
It goes without saying that it is no good having a perfect setup, perfect grip and perfect golf swing if the whole thing is misaligned.… — Nick Faldo
With the broad and powerful swing of the hand which Zola in The Earth gave to his ploughman, L'Auto, journal of ideas and action, is… — Henri Desgrange
The head has no purpose in the golf swing. It simply goes where the body takes it — George Knudson
Dennis Murray is a wonderful Golf Professional who is personable and skillful as an instructor. Dennis helped me work on my golf swing for a… — Jerry Pate
Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned. Smoke a joint… — Eddie Izzard
Lindy Hoppers never die - they just swing out. — Frankie Manning
A pianist with skill, touch, musicality and a gift for making songs from songs. Plus, he can swing! Give a listen — Bob Brookmeyer
A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing. — Tony Lema
I cant swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter. — Russel Honore
Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and… — Beth Henley

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