Benny Quote by Lionel Hampton Download Open image “Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.” — Lionel Hampton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Benny Black Black music General Important Me Music Musicians Working
Benny [Carter] opened the eyes of a lot of producers and studios, so that they could understand that you could go to blacks for… — Quincy Jones 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
Everybody ought to listen to Benny [Carter]. He's a whole musical education. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I feel I've had three careers in one, really. There was the 'Benny Santini' stuff; that came with a general sense of, 'Who the… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
Honestly, it's a blessing. Benny's [Blanco] probably one of the most talented people I know. He's just a very proactive guy when it comes… — Tory Lanez Copy Share Image
The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
Above all else, [Benny Goodman] was a great player, one of the greatest American music has produced. He brought his absolute talent and his… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Jack Benny was a very warm person and a very appreciative person. — Thurl Ravenscroft Copy Share Image
My musical education was grounded in blues and Chicago blues - John Lee Hooker and Otis Redding. — Hozier Copy Share Image
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time… — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s. — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things. — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist. — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the… — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands. — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
My first triumph was turning Elton John's 'Benny and the Jets' into a gospel tune. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
“... she threw herself in his arms and laid a hot, wet one on him. They went at it to catcalls, shouts of encouragement,… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
When television began, it modeled itself after radio. Many early television programs were radio programs first. 'My Favorite Wife,' 'The Jack Benny Show,' 'Burns… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Jack Benny was a very warm person and a very appreciative person. — Thurl Ravenscroft Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, we didn't eat in restaurants much, but a good report card meant my sister or I could choose anyplace… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Now go to sleep with the promise of me, and tomorrow I'll make certain I do somethin' to fulfill it.” — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
I love Glenn Gould. Max Steiner. John Williams. Louis Prima. Benny Goodman. Miles Davis. John Philip Sousa. — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
“A man has a woman, he sees to that woman. He doesn't leave her to see to herself.” — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
If you look at Jack Benny, George Burns, or Don Rickles, they've all had long, successful marriages. So, I think there's something about laughter… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like Jack Benny was, like Steve Martin… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
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