"It's not what you play, it's how you…" — Mary Lou Williams

"It's not what you play, it's how you play it."

— Mary Lou Williams

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12 Quotes by Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your…
I wonder what an agent would do if he had to travel with the band he's booking.
Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage…
One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came…
I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was…
If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically.
Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and…
Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was…
Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the…
He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously.
When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call…

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