Glenn Miller Quotes

#1. We can speak our honest minds without compromise and without censorship and to each other and to our people. We can take our message directly to our people.

Glenn Miller

#2. I haven't a great jazz band, and I don't want one.

Glenn Miller

#3. We didn't come here to set any fashions in music. We merely came to bring a much-needed touch of home to some lads who have been here a couple of years.

Glenn Miller

#4. We leaders are criticized for a lot of things. It's always true after a band gets up there and is recognized by the public.

Glenn Miller

#5. I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did.

Glenn Miller

#6. Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money.

Glenn Miller

#7. By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.

Glenn Miller

#8. A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.

Glenn Miller