Marian McPartland Quotes

• The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue.

  Marian McPartland

  Keys, Blue, Yellow

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• Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he has made them available to the world through his orchestrations of his work in a unique way. Lastly, he was himself a fine pianist. He covers the entire musical spectrum with his genius.

  Marian McPartland

  Unique, Choices, Musical

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• So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else.

  Marian McPartland

  Thinking, Ifs, I Can

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• It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.

  Marian McPartland

  Thinking, Brain, Might

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my house that I would be sitting in front of for hours.

  Marian McPartland

  House, Risk, Would Be

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.

  Marian McPartland

  Thrill, Way, Bigs

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous.

  Marian McPartland

  Men, Piano, Oscars

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• There are a million good tunes.

  Marian McPartland

  Music, Tunes, Jazz

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• I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.

  Marian McPartland

  New York, West Coast, Rhythm

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything

  Marian McPartland

  Play, Teens, Records

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• Sometimes go around with guys who are scuffling -- for awhile. But usually they end up marrying some cat with a factory. This is the way world ends, not with a whim but a banker.

  Marian McPartland

  Cat, Guy, Bankers

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• Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.

  Marian McPartland

  Song, Writing, Trouble

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get.

  Marian McPartland

  Hate, Mail, Enough

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening.

  Marian McPartland

  Needs, Knees, Get Up

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

  Marian McPartland

  Thinking, Records, Stuff

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in the dining room is covered with records. I don't have a big enough house to accommodate everything.

  Marian McPartland

  Space, House, Kitchen

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• I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.

  Marian McPartland

  Birthday, Party, Years

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• So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail, so anybody that must send an e-mail, they send it to her and she faxes it to me. Sounds like a long way of doing things, but it works for me.

  Marian McPartland

  Long, Sound, Fax

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.

  Marian McPartland

  Affection, Sometimes

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• That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.

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  Fall, Play, Feelings

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• My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.

  Marian McPartland

  Thinking, Hands, Piano

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• Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened, but a few years ago they suddenly went bankrupt and Gibson bought the whole outfit. Since then they haven't seemed to be doing an awfully good job of providing pianos.

  Marian McPartland

  Jobs, Years, Piano

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can.

  Marian McPartland

  Play, Keys, People

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• I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

  Marian McPartland

  Yamaha, Steinway, Wells

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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• Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.

  Marian McPartland

  Boys, Looks, Records

  "Marian McPartland At 86". Interview with Lazaro Vega, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 22, 2004.

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