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  • Benny Goodman Quote - 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.
  • Benny Goodman Quote - 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.
  • Benny Goodman Quote - 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.
  • Benny Goodman Quote - 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.
  • Benny Goodman Quote - 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.
  • Benny Goodman Quote - 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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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.

Benny Goodman

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - People have often said to me, ‘You’re so relaxed when you play.’ Relaxed my elbow. It’s practice.

    People have often said to me, ‘You’re so relaxed when you play.’ Relaxed my elbow. It’s practice.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world… all those big buildings.

    When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world… all those big buildings.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - I don’t have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas Park isn’t very memorable. I remember the street fights and how you were afraid to cross the bridge ’cause the Irish kid on the other side would beat your head in. I left Chicago a long time ago.

    I don’t have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas Park isn’t very memorable. I remember the street fights and how you were afraid to cross the bridge ’cause the Irish kid on the other side would beat your head in. I left Chicago a long time ago.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.

    After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.

    Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - I’d imagine that a lot of them criticized me-said my technique was too good. Something like that. But I’ve always wanted to know what made music. How you do it, and why it sounds good. I always practiced, worked like hell.

    I’d imagine that a lot of them criticized me-said my technique was too good. Something like that. But I’ve always wanted to know what made music. How you do it, and why it sounds good. I always practiced, worked like hell.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - I think my first impression (of Bix Beiderbecke) was the lasting one. I remember very clearly thinking, ‘Where, what planet, did this guy come from? Is he from outer space?’

    I think my first impression (of Bix Beiderbecke) was the lasting one. I remember very clearly thinking, ‘Where, what planet, did this guy come from? Is he from outer space?’

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - I’d never heard anything like the way he played-not in Chicago, no place. The tone-he had this wonderful, ringing cornet tone. He could have played in a symphony orchestra with that tone. But also the intervals he played, the figures-whatever the hell he did.

    I’d never heard anything like the way he played-not in Chicago, no place. The tone-he had this wonderful, ringing cornet tone. He could have played in a symphony orchestra with that tone. But also the intervals he played, the figures-whatever the hell he did.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I’d known.

    There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I’d known.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

    Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.

    If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENNY GOODMAN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Benny Goodman Quote - 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.

    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.

    BENNY GOODMAN