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

  Gerry Mulligan

  Song, Writing, Play

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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 other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra

  Gerry Mulligan

  Orchestra, Saxophone, Solo

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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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• Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

  Gerry Mulligan

  Use, Orchestra, Tenors

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• So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

  Gerry Mulligan

  Baritones, Saved

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• When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins

  Gerry Mulligan

  Listening, Firsts, Saxophone

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• My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.

  Carey Mulligan

  Jobs, Character, Giving

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

  Gerry Mulligan

  Baritones, Function, Tenors

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