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Count Basie

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

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A.E. Samaan

"I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano."

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A.E. Samaan

"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."

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A.E. Samaan

"I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop."

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A.E. Samaan

"I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff."

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A.E. Samaan

"We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour."

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A.E. Samaan

"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."

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A.E. Samaan

"After you play a part, you think of it as your own."

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A.E. Samaan

"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."

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A.E. Samaan

"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"

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A.E. Samaan

"You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song."

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

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

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Count Basie
"I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch."

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

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Count Basie
"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."

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

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Count Basie
"I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'"

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