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Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: I think the band can really swing when

I think the band can really swing when it swings easy, when it can just play along like you are cutting butter, — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: Well, if you find a note tonight that

Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night! — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Woody Hayes: They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but

They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me. — Woody Hayes

Count Basie Quotes By Noam Chomsky: There's never been anything like the so-called Vietnam

There's never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it's mostly a fabrication. — Noam Chomsky

Count Basie Quotes By Madison Thorne Grey: Ummm, anyone else getting the creeps? Breccan asked.

Ummm, anyone else getting the creeps? Breccan asked. Okay, let's vote. Who here is in favor of daylight? Come on, show of hands. Don't be shy. — Madison Thorne Grey

Count Basie Quotes By Clark Terry: Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was

Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school. — Clark Terry

Count Basie Quotes By Candace Kita: The horror genre is my personal favorite. But

The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun. — Candace Kita

Count Basie Quotes By Gerald Brenan: Old age takes away from us what we

Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives us what we have earned. — Gerald Brenan

Count Basie Quotes By Quincy Jones: Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We

Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra. — Quincy Jones

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: I don't dig that two-beat jive the New

I don't dig that two-beat jive the New Orleans cats play. My boys and I have to have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: Of course, there are a lot of ways

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: Oscar Peterson plays the best ivory box I've

Oscar Peterson plays the best ivory box I've ever heard. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet

I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: I just think swing is a matter of

I just think swing is a matter of some good things put together that you can really pat your foot by. I can't define it beyond that. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Tana French: Rule Number Three, and Four and Five and

Rule Number Three, and Four and Five and about a dozen more: you do not go with the flow in this job. You make the flow go with you. — Tana French

Count Basie Quotes By Tony Bennett: More than anybody else I'd like to thank

More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform. — Tony Bennett

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: Keep on listening & tapping your feet.

Keep on listening & tapping your feet. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: Learn to deal with the valleys and the

Learn to deal with the valleys and the hills will take care of themselves. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Ruskin Bond: The adventure is not in arriving, it's in

The adventure is not in arriving, it's in the on-the-way experience. It is not in the expected; it's in the surprise. You — Ruskin Bond

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: If you play a tune and a person

If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: All I wanted was to be big, to

All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel ... and that's what I've been doing all my life. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Zoot Sims: We were all influenced by Lester [Young]. Listen

We were all influenced by Lester [Young]. Listen to the records that he made with [Count] Basie. Nobody's got what he's got. He's still the daddy. — Zoot Sims

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: Freddie Green has been my right arm for

Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By Ernestine Rose: Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of

Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death. — Ernestine Rose

Count Basie Quotes By Count Basie: If a guy is gonna to play good

If a guy is gonna to play good bop, he has to have a sort of a bop soul. — Count Basie

Count Basie Quotes By John Clute: We cannot afford to exclude any vision -

We cannot afford to exclude any vision - any way of looking at the world - that human beings have invented for ourselves. — John Clute

Count Basie Quotes By Lena Horne: Count Basie isn't just a man, or even

Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life. — Lena Horne

Count Basie Quotes By Jeff Foxworthy: Did you know babies are nauseated by the

Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt? — Jeff Foxworthy