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Billy Eckstine quotes

American Musician July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993

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Billy Eckstine quote: "You can't sing about love unless you know about it."
You can't sing about love unless you know about it. Billy Eckstine
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. Billy Eckstine
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. Billy Eckstine
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. Billy Eckstine
If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music. Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine quote: "I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and..."
I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did. Billy Eckstine
Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and one of the most learned guys in the world and knows exactly what he's doing musically. Billy Eckstine
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 up and it goes right on out to the audience, you know? Billy Eckstine
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. Billy Eckstine
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. Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine quote: "L.A. is kind of laid back, but New York, everybody is out..."
L.A. is kind of laid back, but New York, everybody is out there for that buck, you know. Billy Eckstine
It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band. Billy Eckstine
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. Billy Eckstine
I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors. Billy Eckstine
I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something. Billy Eckstine

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