Jazz Quotations

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"Man, as long as people want to hear jazz, I'll give it to them." - Lionel Hampton

"Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general." - Lionel Hampton

"The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do." - Lionel Hampton

"I always figured I'd still be playing at this age." - Lionel Hampton

"Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God." - Lionel Hampton

"Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating." - Lionel Hampton

"Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid." - Lionel Hampton

"Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands." - Lionel Hampton

"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s." - Lionel Hampton

"I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano." - Lionel Hampton

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind." - Lionel Hampton

"Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things." - Lionel Hampton

"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with Benny Goodman." - Lionel Hampton

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