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• I always tell people, it took me 10 minutes and 35 years in the business. I get tired of playing it ["Lullaby…
• When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and…
• Can anybody be given creativity? No. Only equipment to develop it if it's in them in the first place.
• Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that its much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your…
• Perfect retention. I dont think I could do that-Ive never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a…
• If you establish an identity, you build a monster-and thats right, youve got to live with it. Of course, you can enjoy…
• Learn the rules and then break them in such a way as to exercise good taste.
• We're travelling for about nine-and-a-half months a year.
• When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the…
• The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme…
• I was born in London in 1919. I first went to America in 1946 for a three-month holiday. Then I came back,…
• My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits.

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