Benny Goodman Quotes

• If a guy’s got it, let him give it. I’m selling music, not prejudice.

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• 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.

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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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• 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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• 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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• Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.

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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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• That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.

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

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Benny Goodman (10)

Birth:	30th May, 1909
Death:	13th June, 1986
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician

About

Benny Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."

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