"The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day."

William Christopher Handy, American Musician

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"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."

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"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

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"So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way."

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after."

"So foul and fair a day I have not seen."

"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."

"Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered."

"Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either."

"I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day... I got to go to school for free."

"It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference."

"Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per day with the kids than working fathers do."

"When I was growing up, there were just the three channels, so as a nation we all sat down to the same meal at the end of the day. Now there's been this explosion."

Explore more quotes by William Christopher Handy

"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."

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"Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it."

"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."

"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."

"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."