Cy Coleman Quotes

• I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.

  Cy Coleman

  Get Better, Lucky, Profession

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• I used to perform all the time but I haven't performed in New York in a very long time.

  Cy Coleman

  New York, Long, Used

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• Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.

  Cy Coleman

  Piano, Left Behind, Apartment

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• When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx.

  Cy Coleman

  Mother, Years, Four

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• To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

  Cy Coleman

  Musician, Term

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• I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released.

  Cy Coleman

  Albums, Bunch

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• I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me!

  Cy Coleman

  People, Teens, Concerts

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• My background was in performing originally.

  Cy Coleman

  Performing, Backgrounds

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• So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.

  Cy Coleman

  Country, Clubs, Jazz

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• Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.

  Cy Coleman

  Song, Artist, Credit

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