Mulligans Quotes

• Always keep in mind that if God didn't want a man to have mulligans, golf balls wouldn't come three to a sleeve.

  Dan Jenkins

  Golf, Men, Mind

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• It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Band, Way, Jazz

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• Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Writing, Years, Facts

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• The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Play, Symphony, Starting Over

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• This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear

  Gerry Mulligan

  Hard Life, Bears, This Life

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• Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.

  Jay Mohr

  Football, Contracts, Pro Football

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• Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.

  Carla Bley

  Bakers, Sophisticated, Wanted

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• Mulligan: invented by an Irishman who wanted to hit one more twenty yard grounder.

  Jim Bishop

  Golf, Twenties, Yards

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• In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Player, Way, Baritones

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  If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Horny, Ensemble, Want

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• I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Kind, Trumpets, Shouting

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• I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Devices, Mess, Fascinated

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• Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Song, Writing, Play

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• Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Wit, Melody, Ifs

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• Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Mean, Player, Piano

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• I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Guy, Other Guys

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• Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Jobs, Tenors, Courses

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• New York is still where I live most of the time.

  Gerry Mulligan

  New York, Stills

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• Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones

  Gerry Mulligan

  Two, Twenties, Three

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• The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing

  Gerry Mulligan

  Baritones, Function, Tenors

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• You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it

  Gerry Mulligan

  Saxophone, Electric, Organs

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• The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field

  Gerry Mulligan

  Fields, Incredibles, Pops

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• Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

  James Joyce

  Mirrors, Razors, Bucks

  Ulysses (1922)

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• You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Tubas, Way, Trumpets

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• People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy

  Gerry Mulligan

  People, Levels, Fancy

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