Willie "The Lion" Smith famous quotes

Jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart.
-- Willie "The Lion" Smith

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A divided heart loses both worlds.

No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.

But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts

Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.

With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.

He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.

The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.

I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.

You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy.

Jazz is the music of the body.