Cootie Williams quotes

Cootie Williams quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, everything.”
-- Cootie Williams

#Memorable Quotes #Player Quotes #Piano Quotes

“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.”

Source : Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2
“The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.”
“Little Bobby Jones of Atlanta is really a fine player, and shows every indication of becoming a tremendous great one, once he is master of himself, which must come with maturity.”
“Entrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.”
“Today was about execution, period. Every single player, all of us in the dressing room right now, weâ€™re embarrassed because thatâ€™s not the way we want to play soccer.”
“I'm not a good guitar player.”
“I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.”
“I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be.”
“The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.”

Source : " Amid gloss and glitter, Ducasse and his students cook up tasty revelations" by Randall H. Harber, www.cnn.com. June 30, 2000.

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