I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that’s when I smile the most, when I show the most ivory.
Earl Hines Quotes
I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords appear in my mind like photographs long before I get to them.
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| Birth: | 28th December, 1903 |
| Death: | 23rd April, 1983 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Musician |
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Earl Kenneth Hines was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. Hines was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one major source, is "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".
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