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Jimmy Smith

"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."

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"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."

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Donna Grant

"Sound.Noisethe air employs.Melodies sweet.Tweet, tweet, tweet.Soft. Loud.A roaring crowd.Cluck. Caw. Crow.Tet, tet. Tis, tis.Guttural growl.Harrowing howl.Drip, drip, drip.Tap, tap, tap.Moan and groan.Endless drone.Ding, dang, dong.A church bell song.Vibrations in my earto hear.Sound."

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Donna Grant

"When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves."

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Donna Grant

"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."

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Donna Grant

"There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album."

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Donna Grant

"Sometimes I just hit the keyboard in a way I'd like the rhythm of the tracks to sound."

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Donna Grant

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."

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Donna Grant

"When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes."

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Donna Grant

"I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White."

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Donna Grant

"My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room."

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Donna Grant

"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."

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Jimmy Smith
"Three months. I was playing the organ for three months. It was a challenge for me in the beginning."

Beginning

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Jimmy Smith
"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."

Sound

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Jimmy Smith
"Michael Coleman, now that was a boy that taught me some stuff too."

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Jimmy Smith
"I did my first recording. It was called The Champ."

First

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Jimmy Smith
"My boys told me they'd rather play than practice."

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Jimmy Smith
"My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed."

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Jimmy Smith
"I always had the facial hair so I looked older than I was."

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Jimmy Smith
"I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell."

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Jimmy Smith
"People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio."

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Jimmy Smith
"My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion."

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