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.…

Quote by Benny Goodman

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That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put...

That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put...

One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep...

One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep...

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

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

Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.

Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.

Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as...

Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as...

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way,...

As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way,...

I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas...

I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas...

After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the...

After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the...

To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have...

To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have...

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

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

Dear radio stations, You do know there are more than 4 songs in the world,...

Dear radio stations, You do know there are more than 4 songs in the world,...

Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the...

Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the...

I think all the boys that write the screaming stuff would write the best love...

I think all the boys that write the screaming stuff would write the best love...

God is just a concept, but music is tangible.

God is just a concept, but music is tangible.

I don't think either the Offspring or Green Day started their bands with the intention...

I don't think either the Offspring or Green Day started their bands with the intention...

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet...

The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet...

I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom...

I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom...