"When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well."

-- George Shearing

#Night Quotes #Play Quotes #Rays Quotes

“I really wanted to study with Bruce Goff [one of the masters of "organic architecture"] at the University of Oklahoma.”
“When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.”
“What of it? If I die, I die. It will be no great loss to the world, and I am thoroughly bored with life. I am like a man yawning at a ball; the only reason he does not go home to bed is that his carriage has not arrived yet.”
“The more you work, the more people see your work and would like to work with you, and vice versa.”
“I'm definitely a people person. I love socializing and being around people and having a good conversation.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“True worship, worship that is pleasing to God, radiates throughout a person's entire life.”
“Every teacher of Transcendental Meditation is a hero.”
“Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.”

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