Benny Goodman Quotes
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Benny Goodman Quotes & Sayings
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Where is he wounded?
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Wars; in the past and in the present, they were not a solution - A peaceful solution is the wisest solution in the sense of humanity.
— Kristian Goldmund Aumann
It is through our deepest intimate relationships that we can gain some of our soul's most powerful spiritual advancements.
— John Friend
If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come.
— Benny Goodman
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
we soon began to feel the effects of liberty and long speeches, and radicalism, and all that sort of thing.
— Edgar Allan Poe
To understand how to be healthy, a person must first comprehend sickness, disease and death.
— Steven Magee
Aspiring writers should read the entire canon of literature that precedes them, back to the Greeks, up to the current issue of The Paris Review.
— William Kennedy
People have often said to me, 'You're so relaxed when you play.' Relaxed my elbow. It's practice.
— Benny Goodman
That's the thing about giving advice, she could say. It might come back to haunt you.
— Jennifer Close
All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.
— Louisa May Alcott
I wish I had time to listen to music more.
— John Edgar Wideman
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.
— Alvin Lee
Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.
— Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.
— Lee Konitz
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.
— Artie Shaw
If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.
— Benny Goodman
I think even though he [Nelson Mandela] was feted and praised as he was, he always was at pains to say, I'm a human being.
— Kumi Naidoo
Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.
— Benny Goodman
Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.
— Benny Goodman
When you stand next to beauty and know you're not, you either feel inferior or you're thankful for the ones who saw you and loved you anyway.
— Donna Lynn Hope
You have to look good.
— Benny Goodman
Gods, like men, can die. They just die harder, and smite the earth with their passing.
— Max Gladstone
Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music.
— Artie Shaw