Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David "Benny" Goodmanwas an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClarinet Player
Date of Birth30 May 1909
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician overflow
Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.
good might prepared time work
After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.
american-musician carnegie expected great hall knowing
That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.
want way reason-why
One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn’t keep on, you’ll find ‘em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of ‘em.
giving guy prejudice
If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice.
good-day play people
To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.
want obstacles handle
If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come.
winning want today
Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.
learning mean views
Some of the guys I played with .. didn't go around learning more about their instruments from an intellectual point of view. All they wanted was to play hot jazz, and the instrument was just a means. I'd imagine that a lot of them criticized me-said my technique was too good. Something like that. But I've always wanted to know what made music. How you do it, and why it sounds good. I always practiced, worked like hell.
people band thrill
As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in.
white keys perfect
It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony.
lonely new-york cities
When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember walking on Broadway, looking up at this huge, mountainous place-and being so lonely. But things started to clear up when I met a few people on the street whom I'd met before-all of a sudden there got to be a certain familiarity about the place, and the terror kind of evaporated. There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I'd known.
art creativity two
Creativity grows out of two things: curiosity & imagination.
band remember difficult
I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going.