Bellson Quotes

#1. There are a lot of great players ... a lot of great players around, but Louie Bellson is really something special.

Dizzy Gillespie

#2. Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a very gifted composer and arranger never ceases to amaze me. I consider him one of the musical giants of our age.

Oscar Peterson

#3. If anyone has a conscience it's generally a guilty one.

Max Frisch

#4. I suppose the pursuit of fashion has always carried a price, monetary or otherwise.

Robert Charles Wilson

#5. The coach could do a goat-hoof tap dance around Nico's head and the son of Hades wouldn't even budge.

Rick Riordan

#6. Laughter tumbled from the bunk above. "Who needs groupies when I can listen to you two every night? Can you pass me a sock or something? I just spewed down my leg."
Fucking Laz.

Pam Godwin

#7. We are brilliant shades of light, we can not be contained"
-Boys of the Fatherless-

David C. Riggins

#8. This has got to be the greatest school for lab bands in the country. It's great because Leon Breeden and his staff have devoted their lives - not just their time and talent - to build it.

Louie Bellson

#9. Tommy Dorsey would walk up to you if you had a tuxedo on and make sure you didn't have on white socks.

Louie Bellson

#10. Stick to the classics, and you can't ever go wrong. I see old ladies on the street who have fabulous style and realize it's because they are probably wearing really classic items that they've had for years and years. I think if you find something that suits you, you should just stick to it.

Alexa Chung

#11. Christmas is a time of sharing, and joy and grace. There's no better time to entertain family and friends than now.

Shelley Shepard Gray

#12. The world was big and full of weird things and strange people.

Haruki Murakami

#13. There is no idea so bad that it cannot be made to look brilliant with the proper application of fonts and color.

Scott Adams

#14. Oscar Peterson plays the best ivory box I've ever heard.

Count Basie

#15. My first big break was with the Ted Fio Rito band. Fio Rito had a bunch of record hits in the 1930s and did a lot of radio work back then. When he came to my home town in early 1942, I sat in with the band. Ted liked me and offered me a job.

Louie Bellson

#16. To me, success was not having to have a boss and not having a day job. I've been living my own version of success since the early '90s when I first got signed. I haven't had a job since then.

Juliana Hatfield