Lionel Hampton Quotes & Sayings

I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano. — Lionel Hampton

Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating. — Lionel Hampton

So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age. — Lionel Hampton

I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s. — Lionel Hampton

Man, as long as people want to hear Jazz, I'll give it to them. — Lionel Hampton

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. — Lionel Hampton

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. — Lionel Hampton

I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change. — Lionel Hampton

Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G. — Lionel Hampton

It's always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she's the same old broad. — Lionel Hampton

Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid. — Lionel Hampton

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things. — Lionel Hampton

Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general. — Lionel Hampton

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. — Lionel Hampton

Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands. — Lionel Hampton

The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do. — Lionel Hampton

Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands. — Lionel Hampton

All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist. — Lionel Hampton