Being honest Quote by Count Basie

We were all influenced by Lester [Young]. Listen to the records that he made with [Count] Basie. Nobody's got what he's got. He's still…

— Zoot Sims

I still credit Adrian Lester with being one of my biggest influences.

— Ashley Madekwe

Charlie Parker was a genius, as was Lester Young.

— Sebastian Coe

Haters fucking love me!!!! besides my bestie lester lmao

— Shayfurr111

From the first time I played with Lester Flatt, I sensed an extreme amount of history around me.

— Marty Stuart

I haven't really heard much that's impressed me the way it was when I first heard Ray Charles or somebody like that. That was…

— Van Morrison

In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some thoughts about…

— J. J. Johnson

I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello'…

— David Oyelowo

The Lester B. Pearson era is what I hope to replicate.

— Elizabeth May

Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to…

— Larry Carlton

I was fortunate to be around a lot of great people early on in my career. Jon Lester, Dexter Fowler, David Ross, Jon Jay,…

— Kyle Schwarber

Everyone, young and old, was responding to [Frank] Sinatra. So, the first time that I physically remember, it was as a youth. He always…

— Robert Davi