Woody Herman Quotes

• There were a lot of times where there was a great deal of fodder recorded and played, because there was a market for it - just as there is today. And there were more bad bands than there were good bands - I think that should always be remembered.

  Woody Herman

  Thinking, Band, Today

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• Some guys dig ditches, I have a band. It's what I do

  Woody Herman

  Guy, Band

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• Musically, the bebop route was magnificent, but businesswise, it was the dumbest thing I ever did.

  Woody Herman

  Money, Bebop, Magnificent

  Woody Herman, Stuart Troup (1990). “The Woodchopper's Ball: The Autobiography of Woody Herman”, New York : E.P. Dutton

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• We might as well swing boys, because Stravinsky cuts us all.

  Woody Herman

  Music, Cutting, Boys

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• I'm going to be on the road for the rest of my life.

  Woody Herman

  Jazz

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• My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor.

  Woody Herman

  Editors, Fame, Claims

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• The singing was something I got from my father.

  Woody Herman

  Father, Singing

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