Eubie Blake quotes

Eubie Blake quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.”
-- Eubie Blake

#Trust Quotes #Envy Quotes #Want Quotes
“I don't have any bad habits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they're all right for me.”
-- Eubie Blake

#People Quotes #Might Quotes #Habit Quotes
“All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs instantly without being able to read music?”
-- Eubie Blake

#Song Quotes #Musician Quotes #Able Quotes
“The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we never played with no music. I'd get all the latest Broadway music from the publisher, and we'd learn the tunes and rehearse them until we had them all down pat- never made no mistakes. All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs instantly without being able to read music?”
-- Eubie Blake

#Song Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Believe Quotes
“Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.”
-- Eubie Blake

#Hate Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Good Luck Quotes
“I wouldn't bet on a horse unless he came up to my house and told me to himself.”
-- Eubie Blake

#Horse Quotes #House Quotes #Betting Quotes
“Be grateful for luck.”
-- Eubie Blake

#Grateful Quotes #Luck Quotes #Be Grateful Quotes

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