I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'
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I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet.Count Basie
All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life.
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If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune.
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I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.
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It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story.
Count Basie
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