Cases Quote by Eddie Condon Download Open image “Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!” — Eddie Condon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cases Clarinet Inspirational Jazz Said
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the subject, he… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington's band, but that's now impossible. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
“I called Monsieur Menicucci, and he asked anxiously about my pipes. I told him they were holding up well. "That pleases me," he said,… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
Your call is very important to us. Please enjoy this 50 minute clarinet solo. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know. — Acker Bilk Copy Share Image
“Heath holds the door to the band room open for me, and I get to my chair without falling, snapping together my clarinet and… — Mindy McGinnis Copy Share Image
I was already playing the clarinet and the piano. My father's a piano player. But I wanted to play in a funk band, and… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could. — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass, or does it come in like honey? — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a… — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me… — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's… — Eddie Condon Copy Share Image
The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is,… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to… — Gaylord Perry Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The world around us is an increasingly hostile and sinful place. Occasionally that splashes onto us, and perhaps, in the case of a few… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image