Creative Quotations from . . .
Lionel Hampton
(1908-2002) born on Apr 20
US swing jazz musician. Hamp was the first to use the vibraharp (vibes) in jazz and known for the rhythmic vitality of his playing; led his own band for 35 years.
 
   
F
Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

R
"All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist."
A
"I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the more ideas come to me."
N
"[Jazz] went from the classics to ragtime to Dixieland to swing to bebop to cool jazz, . . . But it's always jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes you put on her, she's the same old broad."
K
"The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Hamp: An Autobiography," 1989."
R: "In "New York Journal American," 31 Aug 1965."
A: ""Hamp: An Autobiography," 1989."
N: ""Hamp: An Autobiography," 1989."
K: "On turning eighty, 1988."



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