I think a song that’s got something to say. I’m not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don’t last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.
BILLY ECKSTINEI’m not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don’t last.
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When you’re playing music, say for instance, you’re playing a part of the band and you’re looking at your music, your horn is down into the stand. This way, it’s
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I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn’t stay that long because I went into show business.
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My youngest daughter sings. She’s going to be very good. She’s graduated from Music School and she’s been working down around and getting her feet wet, you know. I had her out with me for a year just showing her the ropes a little bit, but she’s going to be all right.
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If you turn a deaf ear to everything but one style, pretty soon it’s not going to work out.
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I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn’t think of it as being tough and things like that.
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I’m not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don’t last.
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You know, times change and the elements change along with it.
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I’m a firm believer and I think my religion is inside.
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The elements of success. And my son’s very successful. He’s doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.
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My view is that you cannot close your mind and say I don’t want to listen to this or that. Because if you can’t appreciate the bad for being bad, you can’t appreciate the good.
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I don’t have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I’m glad I don’t have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy.
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When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.
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Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.
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If you want to be a musician, study your craft. Study music.
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You can’t sing about love unless you know about it.
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