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Lionel Hampton

"Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general."

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"Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general."

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"I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano."
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"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G."
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"I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change."
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"Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God."
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"Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating."
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"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."
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"So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age."
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"Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid."
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"Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things."
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"Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands."
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