Hoagy Carmichael quotes
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“Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.”
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“Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo.”
-- Hoagy CarmichaelSource : Hoagy Carmichael, Stephen Longstreet (1999). “The Stardust Road & Sometimes I Wonder: The Autobiography of Hoagy Carmichael”
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“I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial.”
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“The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted to shout back at it, Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.”
-- Hoagy CarmichaelSource : Hoagy Carmichael, Stephen Longstreet (1999). “The Stardust Road & Sometimes I Wonder: The Autobiography of Hoagy Carmichael”
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“In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers.”
-- Hoagy CarmichaelSource : Hoagy Carmichael (1946). “The stardust road”
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“I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.”
-- Hoagy CarmichaelSource : Hoagy Carmichael, Stephen Longstreet (1965). “Sometimes I Wonder: The Story of Hoagy Carmichael”
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“I don't think I'll ever be president of anything.”
-- Hoagy CarmichaelSource : Hoagy Carmichael, Stephen Longstreet (1999). “The Stardust Road & Sometimes I Wonder: The Autobiography of Hoagy Carmichael”
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“You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair.”
-- Hoagy CarmichaelSource : Song: Rockin' Chair
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