Fats Waller Quotes & Sayings

You could be my son. You even look like me a little bit ... Say, who's your mother? — Fats Waller

This is so nice, it must be illegal. — Fats Waller

I was playing organ at a silent movie house at Harlem and they'd be showing some death scene on the screen. Likely as not, I'd grab a bottle and start swingin' out on 'Squeeze Me' or 'Royal Garden Blues'. The managers complained but, heck, they couldn't stop me! — Fats Waller

If you don't know what it is, don't mess with it. — Fats Waller

So easy, when you know how. — Fats Waller

Grab your pig's feet, bread, and gin, there's plenty in the kitchen. I wonder what the poor people are eating tonight? — Fats Waller

Jazz isn't what you do; it's how you do it. — Fats Waller