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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.

Billy Eckstine

When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.
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Hospitality Hospitals Written
I’m a firm believer and I think my religion is inside.
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Believer Firm Thinking
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.
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Meal Mean Song Story Thinking
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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Daughter Elements Sings Successful
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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Band Birthday Music Playing
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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Country Littles Long School
If you turn a deaf ear to everything but one style, pretty soon it’s not going to work out.
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Deaf Everything Out Soon Work
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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Appreciate Views Work Out
You know, times change and the elements change along with it.
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Daughter Mother Success
I’m not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don’t last.
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Gimmicks Lasts Music
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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Crazy Glad Perfect
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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Daughter Mother Right Rope School
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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Business Everything Ideas Mean Thinking
If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.
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College Doctors Musician
I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did.
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Cab Popular School Song
If you want to be a musician, study your craft. Study music.
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Crafts Music Want

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