Roy Eldridge Quotes

• I was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story.

  Roy Eldridge

  Cat, Stories, Crafts

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• I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he's jiving baby.

  Roy Eldridge

  Music, Baby, Thinking

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• I resolved to play my trumpet like a sax.

  Roy Eldridge

  Music, Play, Jazz

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• I didn't know the right names for anything at first, but I knew what knocked me out. Changes... man I dug.

  Roy Eldridge

  Music, Men, Names

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