Eddie Condon Quotes & Sayings

Someday we may have as many followers as the harpsichord. — Eddie Condon

As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey? — Eddie Condon

They flat their fifths, we drink ours. — Eddie Condon

Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case! — Eddie Condon

Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic. — Eddie Condon

[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could. — Eddie Condon

For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky. — Eddie Condon

Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon. — Eddie Condon

Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying 'yes'. — Eddie Condon

Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still a studious guy. — Eddie Condon

This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why I didn't play the banjo any more and I told him that went out with the high-button shoes. — Eddie Condon