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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Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!Count Basie
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.
Count Basie
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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Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
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I was always willing to say, Let's see what happens, when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .
Count Basie
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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