Showing posts with label Fame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fame. Show all posts
Michael Buble Quotes
"It's a bit shocking when you show up in Africa or you're in the middle of Spain and there are people that know the words and the young kids singing along." - Michael Buble
Paul Smoker Quotes
"I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip jazz fans know who I am. There's a generation of musicians in New York who know my records better than I do." - Paul Smoker
source: Interview with Ron Netsky / Rochester City Newspaper (June 22, 2010)
source: Interview with Ron Netsky / Rochester City Newspaper (June 22, 2010)
Artie Shaw Quotes
"I wanted to resign from the planet, not just music. It stopped being fun with success. Money got in the way. Everybody got greedy, including me. Fear set in. I got miserable when I became a commodity." - Artie Shaw (when asked why he walked off stage at the Hotel Pennsylvania in 1939, and eventually moved to a little village in Mexico.)
source: Jazz Connection Magazine
source: Jazz Connection Magazine
Wayne Shorter Quotes
"A series of vibrations. What does it matter, the source of the catalyst?" - Wayne Shorter
Dexter Gordon Quotes
"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche." - Dexter Gordon
Chuck Mangione Quotes
"I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people." - Chuck Mangione
Paul Desmond Quotes
"We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In later years they'd say, 'Oh', which amounts to the same thing." - Paul Desmond
Sun Ra Quotes
"Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me." - Sun Ra
Duke Ellington Quotes
"Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young." - Duke Ellington
Count Basie Quotes
"I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, '. Beware, the Count is Here.'" - Count Basie
