That diatonic scale gives up pretty songs over and over and over and over again, and it's up to you to enjoy it, and I do. I enjoy the business.
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I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.Billy Eckstine
I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.
Billy Eckstine
If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.
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When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.
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I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did.
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L.A. is kind of laid back, but New York, everybody is out there for that buck, you know.
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