Erroll Garner famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Every day when I sit down to play, I learn something new.
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I love it. When they stop imitating me then I'll start wondering where I'm going wrong. Every day when I sit down to play, I learn something new.
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I get ideas from everything. A big color, the sound of water and wind, or a flash of something cool. Playing is like life. Either you feel it or you don't.
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Nobody can hear you read music.
-- Erroll Garner
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I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
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I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.
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My downtime tends to resemble my uptime. Weekends are workdays, but toned down. Over the whole weekend, I may have five meetings, as opposed to six on a weekday. I used to play piano for 30 minutes at night, but I had to pull that out of my schedule. I don't have time for nonwork stuff.
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If you want something to play with go find yourself a toy, baby, my time is too expensive and I'm not a little boy.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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Change holds danger, but also the potential for something new ~ and better ~ to be born.
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I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game.
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Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
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One cannot sell anything to a satisfied man. Ergo, make him want something new, or take away something that he has and then sell him something to take its place.
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There is always something new to learn about the person you love.
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