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Benny Goodman

"I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going."

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"I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going."

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Donna Grant

"Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars."

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Donna Grant

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

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Donna Grant

"Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they're saying that certain familiar things aren't there, and they're seeing a couple maybe that are left, which they count as a couple, that's all."

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Donna Grant

"Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out."

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Donna Grant

"It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?"

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Donna Grant

"I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave."

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Donna Grant

"There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting."

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Donna Grant

"Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don't have many illusions about this, but I'm not cynical about it."

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Donna Grant

"Oh it's clearly a cover up. I mean, I have no reluctance in saying that."

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Donna Grant

"I've always been interesting in the lighting aspect and always listened to what they were saying."

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Benny Goodman
"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."

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Benny Goodman
"That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us."

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Benny Goodman
"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."

Time

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

Music

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Benny Goodman
"I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going."

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Benny Goodman
"Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance."

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Benny Goodman
"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."

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Benny Goodman
"Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments."

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Benny Goodman
"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."

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