Dizzy Gillespie Quotes - Page 2

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• We loved one another, man. I mean all those stories about the rift ... there was no question of a rift between Charlie Parker and me.

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Mean, Men, Rift

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• I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done.

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Done, Jazz, Apologizing

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• Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity.

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Creativity, Band, Performances

  Dizzy Gillespie (2009). “To Be, Or Not-- to Bop”, p.367, U of Minnesota Press

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• Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Music, Way, Jazz

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• There are a lot of great players... a lot of great players around, but Louie Bellson is really something special.

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Player, Special, Something Special

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• When I grow up I want to be just like Benny Carter!

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Growing Up, Want, Married With Children

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• I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Play, Jazz, Composition

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• Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Music, Guitar, Jazz

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