Billy Eckstine Quotes

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

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.

I Was Still In School At The Time And Cab Was Very Popular And Everybody Was Doing Cab Calloway So I Did.

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.

When Byrd Came Out Of There, He Had Written A Lot Things While He Was In The Hospital.

You Know, Times Change And The Elements Change Along With It. The Elements Of Success. And My Son's Very Successful. He's Doing Very Well. And I Have A Younger Daughter Who Sings.

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.

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.

I'm A Firm Believer And I Think My Religion Is Inside.

I'm Used To Hearing Myself. My Own Voice.

Today The Kids That Are Out Now They Make A Hit Record And They Put Them Right Out On The Stage With 10,000 People Out There And They Don't Know Anything About The Business Yet.

If You Want To Be A Musician, Study Your Craft. Study Music.