Marian McPartland Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Marian McPartland Quotes and Sayings


  • 1
    Although I do feel that with a show like ours we ourselves are getting a lot more young listeners at concerts. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 2
    As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 3
    At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my house that I would be sitting in front of for hours. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 4
    Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened, but a few years ago they suddenly went bankrupt and Gibson bought the whole outfit. Since then they haven't seemed to be doing an awfully good job of providing pianos. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 5
    Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 6
    By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 7
    I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 8
    I like minor tunes. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 9
    I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 10
    I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 11
    I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 12
    I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 13
    I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 14
    I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 15
    It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 16
    My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 17
    Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 18
    So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail, so anybody that must send an e-mail, they send it to her and she faxes it to me. Sounds like a long way of doing things, but it works for me. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 19
    So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 20
    That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 21
    The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in the dining room is covered with records. I don't have a big enough house to accommodate everything. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 22
    There are a million good tunes. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF
  • 23
    Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame. Marian McPartland | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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