Fats Waller Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“If you don't know what it is, don't mess with it.”
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“Grab your pig's feet, bread, and gin, there's plenty in the kitchen. I wonder what the poor people are eating tonight?”
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“I was playing organ at a silent movie house at Harlem and they'd be showing some death scene on the screen. Likely as not, I'd grab a bottle and start swingin' out on 'Squeeze Me' or 'Royal Garden Blues'. The managers complained but, heck, they couldn't stop me!”
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“You could be my son. You even look like me a little bit... Say, who's your mother?”
-- Fats Waller
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