Count Basie Quotes

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.

Count Basie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984

Topics

TreatYouBluesWillStillCourse

I worked in the media from the late 30's through the early 70's. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed.

Jesse Helms

PoliticsMediaEarlyLateMore

My womenswear line would translate well into childrenswear.

Matthew Williamson

LineWellWouldTranslate

It's OK, I guess, if you really need the money, but luckily, I'm not in that position.

Shirley Booth

MoneyYouNeedPositionOKGuess

I like to consider myself a tech fan. That doesn't mean I'm a tech whiz, by any means.

Tom Holland

MyselfMeanTechLikeFanMeans

I've never been a jam-band sort of musician.

Tom DeLonge

NeverBeenMusicianSort

The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.

Ross Kemp

PeopleIsraelGoingSureOne Thing

Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.

Michael Madsen

GreatYouActingStopLikeKids

There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

Conrad Black

RespectValuePeopleOpinionOthers

Growing up, I used to babysit, but, thinking back on what I was like at 15, this was probably a terrible idea.

Corey Stoll

Growing UpThinkingBackGrowingUp

I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.

Brad Garrett

LifeHomeUpside DownDownNever

Most parents have long understood that kids don't have the judgment, the maturity, the impulse control and insight necessary to make complicated lifelong decisions.

Bryan Stevenson

MaturityParentsControlDecisions

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

Peter Latham

ManBalanceMeasureRightFortunate

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