Citas de Benny Goodman

• Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.

  Benny Goodman

  Art, Creativity, Two

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• Se necesitan las teclas negras y las teclas blancas para lograr una armonía perfecta.

  Benny Goodman

  Keys, White, Perfect

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

  Benny Goodman

  Music, Giving, Guy

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• If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come.

  Benny Goodman

  Want, Obstacles, Handle

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• People have often said to me, 'You're so relaxed when you play.' Relaxed my elbow. It's practice.

  Benny Goodman

  Practice, Play, People

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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.

  Benny Goodman

  Ems, Want, Way

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• A veces, cuando empiezas a perder detalle, ya sea en la música o en la vida, algo tan pequeño como no ser educado, empiezas a perder sustancia.

  Benny Goodman

  Details, Substance, Losing

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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.

  Benny Goodman

  Good Day, Play, People

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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.

  Benny Goodman

  Done, Might, Good Times

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• If I have something I want to do, I make a business of doing it.

  Benny Goodman

  Dedication, Want, Ifs

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• Hoy en día, demasiados músicos jóvenes quieren ganar encuestas antes de aprender a tocar su instrumento.

  Benny Goodman

  Winning, Musician, Want

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• Recuerdo que Glenn Miller vino a verme una vez, antes de tener su propia banda, y me dijo: "¿Cómo lo haces? ¿Cómo empiezas? Es tan difícil. Le dije: "No lo sé, pero hagas lo que hagas, no pares. Sigue adelante.

  Benny Goodman

  Band, Remember, Difficult

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• Some of the guys I played with .. didn't go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view. All they wanted was to play hot jazz, and the instrument was just a means. I'd imagine that a lot of them criticized me-said my technique was too good. Something like that. But I've always wanted to know what made music. How you do it, and why it sounds good. I always practiced, worked like hell.

  Benny Goodman

  Mean, Learning, Views

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• Creo que mi primera impresión (de Bix Beiderbecke) fue la más duradera. Recuerdo claramente que pensé: "¿De qué planeta viene este tipo? ¿Es del espacio exterior? Nunca había oído nada parecido a su forma de tocar, ni en Chicago ni en ningún sitio. El tono... tenía ese maravilloso tono de corneta. Podría haber tocado en una orquesta sinfónica con ese tono. Pero también los intervalos que tocaba, las figuras... lo que demonios hiciera. Había un refinamiento en su forma de tocar. En aquella época yo tocaba una trompeta pequeña y podía tocar de memoria todos los solos de sus discos.

  Benny Goodman

  Heart, Thinking, Play

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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.

  Benny Goodman

  People, Band, Thrill

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• You have to look good.

  Benny Goodman

  Looks, Jazz

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• I think I've done a lot in this business, whether through screwball methods or not I don't know, that has helped other bands. I made a kind of road for them, you might say. If I raised my price, they found out about it and raised theirs. But somebody had to start it, to make the first move. You have to have the courage and confidence in your own ability. You have to know what the hell and who the hell you are in this business. Music may change, but I don't think that ever will.

  Benny Goodman

  Moving, Thinking, May

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• I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas Park isn't very memorable. I remember the street fights and how you were afraid to cross the bridge 'cause the Irish kid on the other side would beat your head in. I left Chicago a long time ago.

  Benny Goodman

  Memorable, Kids, Fighting

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• When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember walking on Broadway, looking up at this huge, mountainous place-and being so lonely. But things started to clear up when I met a few people on the street whom I'd met before-all of a sudden there got to be a certain familiarity about the place, and the terror kind of evaporated. There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I'd known.

  Benny Goodman

  Lonely, New York, Cities

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