Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.
BENNY GOODMANCreativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.
More Benny Goodman Quotes
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Some of the guys I played with .. didn’t go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view. All they wanted was to play hot jazz, and the instrument was just a means.
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If a guy’s got it, let him give it. I’m selling music, not prejudice.
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There was a refinement about his playing. You know, in those days I played a little trumpet, and I could play all the solos from his records, by heart.
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Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.
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When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world… all those big buildings.
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You have to have the courage and confidence in your own ability. You have to know what the hell and who the hell you are in this business. Music may change, but I don’t think that ever will.
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As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in.
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One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn’t keep on, you’ll find ‘em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of ‘em.
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If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come.
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It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony.
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If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.
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To this day, I don’t like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you’re going to play special.
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I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It’s so difficult. I told him, I don’t know but whatever you do don’t stop. Just keep on going.
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Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it’s in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.
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People have often said to me, ‘You’re so relaxed when you play.’ Relaxed my elbow. It’s practice.
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