Daddy Quote by Zoot Sims
![“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 the daddy.” quote by Zoot Sims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/41e/zoot-sims-53334_daddy_we-were-all-influenced-by-lester-young-l_553098.jpg)
“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 the daddy.”
“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 the daddy.”
![“I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I'd never heard before or since. To be honest with you, I didn't much like it at first.” quote by Count Basie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a05/count-basie-25671_being-honest_i-ll-always-remember-when-i-first-heard_1061475.jpg)
![“[Louis Armstrong is] the father of us all, regardless of style or how modern we get. His influence is inescapable. Some of the things he was doing in the 20's and 30's, people still haven't dealt with.” quote by Nicholas Payton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/62b/nicholas-payton-73299_armstrong_louis-armstrong-is-the-father-of-us-all_3028164.jpg)
