Jimmy Smith Quotes

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All the colleges I played, most of the colleges, they were white. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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I always had the facial hair so I looked older than I was. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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I just came from Aspen, Colorado and they had fifteen kids I played for and they all played horns. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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I liked big band now, big band is better. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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Michael Coleman, now that was a boy that taught me some stuff too. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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My boys told me they'd rather play than practice. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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Ninety-five percent of my audience was white. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith
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Yeah, you know everybody has somebody that they patterned themselves after. Jimmy-SmithJimmy Smith

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