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Lionel Hampton Quotes

«Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.»
Author: Lionel Hampton | Keywords: close to, drumming, drum up
«Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.»
Author: Lionel Hampton | About: Gratitude | Keywords: gratitude, in the mind, stored
«Chicago was jazzy, man, jazzy - they had all the great jazz men.»
«The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.»
«I've always been crazy about playing.»
«[Jazz] went from the classics to ragtime to Dixieland to swing to bebop to cool jazz, . . . But it's always jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes you put on her, she's the same old broad.»
«That was a big deal at the time, because no blacks were integrated with whites in anything - not in sports, basketball, football, nothing.»
«I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the more ideas come to me.»
«Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.»
«Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.»