Eddie Condon quotes
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“As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass, or does it come in like honey?”
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“Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying 'yes'.”
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“For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.”
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“Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!”
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“Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still a studious guy.”
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“Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.”
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“Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.”
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“This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why I didn't play the banjo any more and I told him that went out with the high-button shoes.”
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“[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.”
-- Eddie Condon
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