Benny Goodman
Related KEITH STANFIELD This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS CHRISTINA ENGELA WILL SMITH B. B. KING Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarin... LEE KONITZ SUSAN BETH PFEFFER MAURICE WILKES ASPEN MATIS DEYTH BANGER ELIZABETH WURTZEL JACK OSBOURNE GENE TIERNEY LORETTA SWIT It was a nice way to finish my career. We just threw everything out there and skate as hard as we co... JOSH RICCI My biggest thrill was seeing the Amish. Their way of life, to me, is just fascinating, that people i... JENNIE GAMBLE It was that fast. As soon as the pyrotechnics stopped, the flame had started on the egg-crate [foam]... BRIAN BUTLER You can see it as you walk through the street: people who have never recovered. You can see it on th... MERYN G. CALLANDER ROBIN WILLIAMS And everyone came through our house. I grew up with people like Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, in the hou... JOHN PIZZARELLI The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a ... CARLENE CARTER ANAT COHEN ERIC BURDON ALVIN LEE CHRISTINA ENGELA As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about ei... EBERHARD WEBER GEORGE BERNARD SHAW GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Bass players are always the underdogs of the band, but I made sure that I was never viewed as one. I... PETER HOOK It was a success for us today to go out and perform it as well as we did because the last time was s... TANITH BELBIN I soon realised that just because it appeared that way didn't mean it was true. As my thinking chang... RANI BORA, HOW TO TURN STRESS ON ITS HEAD I soon realised that just because it appeared that way didn't mean it was true. As my thinking chang... RANI BORA It was 1999 at a Halloween show in New Orleans when I first got the bug for Giant People. I was on s... CARLOS WASHINGTON It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director... BILLY ECKSTINE What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on th... DINAH SHERIDAN ALVIN LEE I knew it was going to happen. You could just feel it coming on. You could just tell that we weren't... CHARLIE COE I must have seen 200 girls out of the 3,000 we auditioned. It was hell. In the end we had our own cu... WOLFGANG PETERSEN HUGH JACKMAN Finishing 1-2-3-4 last year was amazing. It was something people thought we couldn't do, and we were... DARIO FRANCHITTI ROMAN PAYNE As soon as we saw it, we just busted out laughing. The guy was completely humiliated. LEE JANZEN I knew that one was in as soon as it left my hand. BRETT ROSS I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame... CATHERINE GILBERT MURDOCK The beginning of my sin, if you will, was thinking that it was all a mistake and that I absolutely d... BRETT BUTLER MIKE BINDER Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their exp... HERBIE HANCOCK It felt great to be on that stage in front of so many friends and family. It was different than figh... MAUREEN SHEA As soon as I saw that we got it out of the back court I was fine with them not hearing me. I was ver... KIT KYLE PUCKETT We never really had collaborated [with outside musicians] before Howard left. It's been great, ever ... BELA FLECK Since this was our first time, I just wanted them to experience it. Then, we'll branch out further a... BRANDON FAUST We call it swing jazz, ... Think Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman-style stuff. I grew up with those peop... JOHN PIZZARELLI It was one of the organic ideas that came out of our new campaign. As interest grew, we said we shou... IAN ROWDEN I got to show off in front of my husband, who married me as I was stepping out of the business, so h... KIM WILDE JERRY LEIBER Maybe that's what our friendship was. It was the feeling that we didn't have to speak or explain. We... RACHEL COKER I started to discover the meaning of happiness when I started to discover--and practice--the art of ... TOM WALSH That's all I could think to do, and after I did that, it let go. And I wanted to get to shore as soo... BRIAN ANDERSON Watching Chuck Berry walk out on that stage for the first time and looking out at all the people was... JOE EDWARDS As soon as they announced us as the winners we stood up and we started walking to the stage and ther... CHRIS HUFFMAN Inside Out was the first band I ever fronted. I channeled all my pain through that band. It was abou... ZACK DE LA ROCHA I just saw it the whole way. The quarterback was giving it away and as soon as he threw it, I just b... CAMERON BEARD Jermaine came to make many choices in his life that simply broke our hearts because we knew that he ... DANIEL PELLETIER It just happened so fast. My hand got jammed in an awkward spot. I knew as soon as it happened that ... RENALDO WYNN NEIL GAIMAN It was the same as last time. We continue to play from our own side of the field and we can't play w... ANDY MACDONALD ANNETTE BENING CRAIG GROESCHEL I couldn't be happier with the way things turned out. I think we were as fair as we could be. There ... JACK KNOX As soon as we were on stage, it felt like we'd played our last concert two weeks before, COLIN BLUNSTONE I think we all knew it was the kind of song that had a message people could relate to. Everybody, at... MATT HAMMITT What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to lea... CHARLES DUTTON I was working my way up through management so I could get my own store, ... Then they invited me to ... COWBOY TROY EMINEM He only allowed himself a quick glance at her, knowing as soon as he saw her that she was the kind o... ADI ALSAID It was our view of the worst that could befall our people if they were taken captive. So, what was f... JANE MAYER Incredible. You could sense that was something special as soon as it happened. MIKE SCIOSCIA We could wait until we built a system that was big enough to handle the demand or we could launch wh... JOE BECKER My stroke-rate was really slow this morning, but I was going as fast as I could. I knew the only way... BRENT HAYDEN SNOOP DOGG It was really beautiful for Carlos and I think it was also important for his own moral that he got t... KIM ANDERSEN That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and ... JACKY ICKX MARKUS ZUSAK If they would have told me when I was just 18 that I was going to have a career that would last so l... ENRIQUE IGLESIAS DEYTH BANGER One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace... PATRICIA RAE Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS GREG LAKE AGATHA CHRISTIE ELIZABETH BERG Our first priority was to get all of the students' equipment out of there, as much as we could, for ... JACK BOYLE STEVE BUSCEMI GEORGE WILL It was a big surprise for me to be composing music for the Foreign Minister. But as soon as I found ... WU JUN ANNE SPOLLEN We don't have the information to get a handle on the problem. It could be ongoing mercury contaminat... JOAN CLAYBURGH BARBARA CORCORAN DEYTH BANGER As I get older, the more I don't want my life to be emotionally out of balance in the way it was... ELLIOT COWAN MICHAEL STIPE
More Benny Goodman
To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you fe... BENNY GOODMAN Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as fail... BENNY GOODMAN Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage. BENNY GOODMAN One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The ob... BENNY GOODMAN I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How... BENNY GOODMAN After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go ... BENNY GOODMAN If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice. BENNY GOODMAN I don't have any great love for Chicago. What the hell, a childhood around Douglas Park isn't very m... BENNY GOODMAN That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a li... BENNY GOODMAN I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How... BENNY GOODMAN To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If yo... BENNY GOODMAN Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as ... BENNY GOODMAN If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice. BENNY GOODMAN Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments. BENNY GOODMAN After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well... BENNY GOODMAN One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find ... BENNY GOODMAN JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN BENNY HILL JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY Though we are not Almighty God Himself, nevertheless, we are now divine. BENNY HINN BENNY CASSETTE BENNY GREEN BENNY FINE JACK BENNY BENNY CASSETTE I think somewhere along the way I realized, 'O.K., no one's gonna care about a chubby Jewish... BENNY BLANCO BENNY HILL Poverty is from the devil and that God wants all Christians prosperous. BENNY HINN BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN He told them that's where he wants to go, that's what he wants to do. BENNY WHITE Both sides really get into it. They'd always get into it after the game. And they would throw down. ... BENNY WHITE It's time to step up as high school seniors. It's time to show that experience. They're starting to ... BENNY WHITE It was really weird. We played football, basketball and baseball but it didn't matter until it was C... BENNY WHITE I will only believe it when the Americans say it. BENNY RAZ If you give people proper compensation, over 80 percent in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) will wa... BENNY RAZ If you give people proper compensation, over 80 percent in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) will wa... BENNY RAZ If you give people proper compensation, over 80 per cent in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) will w... BENNY RAZ This being in Michigan really gives it added significance, because this is where it all started. The... BENNY PARSONS Last year, we went down to the final lap of the final race. I just don't see how [the system] can ge... BENNY PARSONS Jeff Gordon has a way when his back is against the wall to get things going in the right direction a... BENNY PARSONS The punishment did not fit the crime. BENNY PARSONS NASCAR races reward consistency. That's the way NASCAR rules are and no one in NASCAR has a problem ... BENNY PARSONS It was like a professional playing with amateurs. BENNY PARSONS While our drivers are probably not nearly in the physical condition of the NBA's All-Stars, the Dayt... BENNY PARSONS Talladega is the wild card; anything can happen there and no one is immune. BENNY PARSONS The quotas had been met. There was nothing we could do about it. The assets of major-league baseball... BENNY LOOPER You have to be careful and walk a fine line. There is no denying Betancourt's ability to field the p... BENNY LOOPER It is something we still could do, but we want to see how [using him as a hitter] plays out. We stil... BENNY LOOPER We've made it a practice to make sure the guys are comfortable playing short or whatever their posit... BENNY LOOPER We believe it's good to promote baseball world-wide. Some major-league and minor-league players will... BENNY LOOPER He's right on track. He should at least move up a level. BENNY LOOPER The quotas had been met. There was nothing we could do about it. The assets of major-league baseball... BENNY LOOPER We have doors too. They're open, and he's never come across. We have continuously asked our official... BENNY JOHNSON Well, when do we talk about it? They don't seem to understand the gravity of this. BENNY JOHNSON We wish to call upon our elected official for an unfettered meeting with our designated representati... BENNY JOHNSON I think that was a horrific thing for a civic leader to say in a public broadcast. It would be reall... BENNY JOHNSON I saw Jesus walk into my bedroom. BENNY HINN I'm a sample of Jesus. I'm a super being. BENNY HINN When I taught the little gods doctrine, I was using Scriptures that didn't fit. BENNY HINN No, I'm not wealthy. BENNY HINN There's the real and the genuine, and there's the phony. BENNY HINN God sent Jesus as an example to see if we could retain and maintain the Holy Spirit in human flesh. BENNY HINN In the future, rather than focus on healing, I plan to focus on Jesus Himself, and let Him heal whom... BENNY HINN I do admit there have been times when I have made a statement that was incorrect. BENNY HINN God will begin to prosper you, for money always follows righteousness. BENNY HINN I see rows of caskets lining up in front of this TV set... and I see actual loved ones picking up th... BENNY HINN BENNY HILL BENNY HILL BENNY HILL BENNY HILL BENNY HILL BENNY HILL BENNY HILL BENNY HILL BENNY HILL You have to give Blevins credit. They played a lot better than they have before. BENNY HARRIS He busted his heart out there. He was driving between those big guys and making things happen for us... BENNY HARRIS We were more focused and ready to play this time. We came out ready to play and really took it to th... BENNY HARRIS We were a lot looser tonight than we were the last time we played them. We moved the ball well and g... BENNY HARRIS Cornell came off the bench and gave us a big lift. We had a lot of guys step forward, which is what ... BENNY HARRIS We shot the ball really bad tonight. Maybe it was because we haven't played in a week. Jackson reall... BENNY HARRIS Kirby is a really good team but I have to admit we just kept shooting ourselves in the foot. It was ... BENNY HARRIS We were intimidated by all that height. Everyone they had on their starting unit was at least as tal... BENNY HARRIS BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN BENNY GREEN We were going to get the people. We take risks all the time firefighting, but we didn't want to get ... BENNY GRAY It depends on how much rain we get. A light thunderstorm will dry up in a matter of hours. BENNY GRAY It's pretty obvious we needed a burn ban, with conditions like they are and no rain in sight. BENNY GRAY As hot as it is, I can't imagine anyone wanting to burn. Hopefully, we'll get some rain before the f... BENNY GRAY My soul is pained that the people of Israel are led by people who think that it is popular before th... BENNY ELON If the Jews don't wake up, by the time of the election, we will already have lost Hebron and all of ... BENNY ELON The army has won it has defeated its own sons and daughters successfully. Personally, I will remain ... BENNY ELON We will make every effort to ensure that Ariel Sharon will fall in the coming elections, BENNY ELON it would be very difficult for a future government to shake it off BENNY ELON I can only hope that from the strength of this operation we will become the country we once were. BENNY ELON It is unfathomable that the prime minister that has expelled families from their homes, destructed J... BENNY ELON The army has won  it has defeated its own sons and daughters succe... BENNY ELON Once we found out Chico won, that really let the wind out of our sails. We thought we were the best ... BENNY CASTILLO Like I said (Friday), they're all locked in. They know that their backs are up against the wall and ... BENNY CASTILLO We got really pounded on that road trip. I got thrown out of a game and I think that was a blessing ... BENNY CASTILLO These fans have been behind us all year, and now we're giving back to them by playing good baseball. BENNY CASTILLO Leonard Feather... was the one who arranged for me to come to London to work for the BBC, and we rem... BENNY CARTER In all honesty, I think I just played what I felt was right for me. And I think I would have done th... BENNY CARTER I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-sp... BENNY CARTER And you know, Doc Cheatham could play saxophone too. A lot of people don't know about that. There's ... BENNY CARTER At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work... BENNY CARTER I took the eye test and passed it on the spot. Then, when he asked me to sign something, I pulled ou... BENNY CARTER What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember some... BENNY ANDERSON We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too. BENNY ANDERSON The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to Ame... BENNY ANDERSON If we thought it would improve our relationship, we would get married tomorrow, but as it is, nearly... BENNY ANDERSON Everything needs to be catchy because a listener is either going to stay with the song or lose inter... BENNY BLANCO Pop songs are like a D.J. set crammed into three minutes. BENNY BLANCO JACK BENNY Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria... BENNY HINN BENNY CASSETTE BENNY FINE If somebody comes along and says, 'OK, Benny Hinn, I'm gonna help you financially so you can... BENNY HINN Over the years, there's been some cases where people did come up who said they were healed, but ... BENNY HINN I know me, and those close to me know me. But sadly, the outside world thinks I'm some kind of a... BENNY HINN Do you know that every unbeliever is filled with a demon spirit? BENNY HINN JACK BENNY Always be different; don't follow the rules. Don't do what anyone tells you. Don't use t... BENNY BLANCO BENNY GREEN JACK BENNY BENNY CASSETTE I actually believe that you should not wash your jeans, ever. In Japan, they actually put them in th... BENNY BLANCO BENNY FINE BENNY HILL Want less, live more BENNY BELLAMACINA I’ve just found out I’m allergic to nut-cases BENNY BELLAMACINA The doctor asked me recently how I was feeling within myself, I replied, “absolutely fine doctor, ... BENNY BELLAMACINA But I don't believe we can just confess any Scripture and make it happen. BENNY HINN Here's the thing... when people start making music, they start borrowing styles from other peopl... BENNY BLANCO What was the appearance of God the Father? Like that of a man... God has the likeness of fingers and... BENNY HINN I don't know if we'd be at 30 percent (S.C. residents as students) without the Palmetto and LIFE sch... BENNY WALKER If we're successful, eventually these 80 students that will be involved in this program will give us... BENNY WALKER The ultimate goal is trying to keep some of the brightest and best in the state, not only to go to c... BENNY WALKER We have sacrificed a great deal for this nation, and now to turn their back on us and cut us off wou... BENNY ROUSSELLE It's a tough decision that we have to make, and it's a tough sacrifice that we have to make, but the... BENNY ROUSSELLE If this is 'normal,' we have a serious problem in this country. The federal government ought to be e... BENNY ROUSSELLE If you give people proper compensation, over 80 per cent in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) will w... BENNY RAZ There are still some players out there that are available who can come in here and help us win. But ... BENNY MOSS I felt like I was involved the whole way. Mike and I stayed in touch pretty regularly. He told me 'w... BENNY MOSS I think their (police officers) chances of surviving a potential shoot-out are greatly increased wit... BENNY MORRIS As a veterans organization, we truly do consider police and fire departments worthy of supporting th... BENNY MORRIS The quotas had been met. There was nothing we could do about it. The assets of major-league baseball... BENNY LOOPER When one is born again by faith in Jesus, he is given a new spirit man that wasn't there before - a ... BENNY HINN You have so much today that is pure flesh, yet people have labeled it as the Spirit. It's not the Sp... BENNY HINN The Bible warns us clearly that we must not attack men of God no matter how sinful they may have bec... BENNY HINN The best you can do in terms of pressurization for any of these processes is make hydrogen at or nea... BENNY FREEMAN Our team originally set out to design membranes to purify hydrogen produced from coal. We felt that ... BENNY FREEMAN A significant amount of the hydrogen in use today goes into the refining industry to refine crude oi... BENNY FREEMAN The army has won it has defeated its own sons and daughters successfully. Personally, I will rema... BENNY ELON I thought Gingrich was quite impressive. He seems to have a good idea about how to solve a serious p... BENNY CHANG We invest very heavily in improving the code quality so we reduce the number of bugs the verificatio... BENNY CHANG We realize that we can't be perfect. The chips today are large and complex and have a lot of complex... BENNY CHANG Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importa... BENNY HINN I'm not the healer. BENNY HINN Where in the Bible does it say I have to drive a Honda? BENNY HINN BENNY FINE Be generous with your smile and try not to frown.BENNY BELLAMACINA I try to listen to over a hundred different songs a day. I listen to every single thing. If you'... BENNY BLANCO Healing most times needs an atmosphere of faith. BENNY HINN If the colour of life turns grey turn the palette the other way BENNY BELLAMACINA If you can't make ends meet, meet them in the middle instead BENNY BELLAMACINA JACK BENNY JACK BENNY I walk in the realm of the supernatural. BENNY HINN JACK BENNY JACK BENNY JACK BENNY I grew up once, I decided never to do it again BENNY BELLAMACINA I'm an open book. BENNY HINN Sometimes the only way to succeed is to fail backwards BENNY BELLAMACINA Lifes like a painters palette, just when you've got everything worked out the colours change BENNY BELLAMACINA I can tell you this, if it wasn't for my book royalties, I'd be in debt. BENNY HINN Because we are continually growing in the Lord, preachers and lay people alike must be open to the L... BENNY HINN BENNY GREEN
That was like my safe place with great teachers where everyone could let down their guard and not fe... 
It’s a general rule – a law of space, as it was a law of the sea in the old days, that ships had... 
As soon as Andy played that opening lick, the crowd went bananas. Everyone was screaming and singing... 
As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one ha... 
People see what they want to see 
As soon as we started programming, we found out to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get progra... 
On this walk I'd had so much time and space to actually figure out who I was without my mother's inf... 
That's SHIT!
Sometimes I wish I could walk around with a HANDLE WITH CARE sign stuck to my forehead. Sometimes I ... 
I was hanging out with no one under 21. I thought that if I really wanted to fit in I had to... show... 
My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up. 
My first thought in life was wanting to be an actor. I was in ballet slippers and on pointe as soon ... 
I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of be... 
I'm working really hard to get the clarinet out of that hole, that Benny Goodman thing. 
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It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, w... 
The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... 
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I... 
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way by getting out of it as soon as I ... 
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I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things ... 
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We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. 
That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. 
I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just am... 
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Oh, you still don’t understand,’ he said impatiently. ‘I’ve fallen in love with her, and I�... 
I understood, that he was right in asking to be cremated. For if he was nowhere, he could be everywh... 
The thrill of performing - that's something that hasn't changed for me. That simultaneous jo... 
I just got hooked on the radio, the voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America, i... 
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Gags die, humor doesn't. 
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