"He's everything a musician would want to be." - Ella Fitzgerald (on Benny Carter)
source: 'Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs', a film by Harrison Engle, 1991
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Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along with singers. He exactly knows how to play with you, how to answer you about what you just sang … On top of that, he has some great sense of humor, both as a musician and as a man. Every time I see him, I’m laughing so much. Sweets is impeccable and incomparable." - Ella Fitzgerald
Featured Links
Ella Fitzgerald : A Twentieth-Century Life (Hardcover)
http://www.history.com/books/ella-fitzgerald-life/
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington: The Last Jam Session DVD
http://www.history.com/dvd/ella-fitzgerland-duke/
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I've been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I've met - that ought to make a story." - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"Once, when we were playing at the Apollo, [Billie] Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between shows to catch her, and afterwards we went backstage. I did something then, and I still don’t know if it was the right thing to do - I asked her for her autograph." - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"I know I'm no glamour girl, and it's not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I've got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing." - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"Forgive me if I don't have the words. Maybe I can sing it and you'll understand." - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts." - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
"I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns." - Ella Fitzgerald
