Jimmy Smith Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 16 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Jimmy Smith.
Famous Quotes By Jimmy Smith
I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad. — Jimmy Smith
I did my first recording. It was called The Champ. — Jimmy Smith
I just came from Aspen, Colorado and they had fifteen kids I played for and they all played horns. — Jimmy Smith
My boys told me they'd rather play than practice. — Jimmy Smith
People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio. — Jimmy Smith
Ninety-five percent of my audience was white. — Jimmy Smith
I played with Sam Lay, Jimmy Reed, Big Walter Horton, Big Moose Walker, and all those guys. — Jimmy Smith
My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed. — Jimmy Smith
Michael Coleman, now that was a boy that taught me some stuff too. — Jimmy Smith
My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion. — Jimmy Smith
I always had the facial hair so I looked older than I was. — Jimmy Smith
I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell. — Jimmy Smith
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 Smith
Three months. I was playing the organ for three months. It was a challenge for me in the beginning. — Jimmy Smith
Yeah, you know everybody has somebody that they patterned themselves after. — Jimmy Smith