Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.
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One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of 'em.Benny Goodman
Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.
Benny Goodman
Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.
Benny Goodman
I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going.
Benny Goodman
As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in.
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