Eddie Condon Quotes

#1. This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why I didn't play the banjo any more and I told him that went out with the high-button shoes.

Eddie Condon

#2. Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!

Eddie Condon

#3. Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.

Eddie Condon

#4. Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying 'yes'.

Eddie Condon

#5. In life, there is nothing to lose, so feel the joy and live it.

Debasish Mridha

#6. Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.

Eddie Condon

#7. They flat their fifths, we drink ours.

Eddie Condon

#8. To build confident and kind kids, we must celebrate their uniqueness.

Elaina Marie

#9. Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still a studious guy.

Eddie Condon

#10. As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey?

Eddie Condon

#11. For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.

Eddie Condon

#12. Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The families of Oak Creek, and Tucson, and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence - they deserve a simple vote.

Barack Obama

#13. [Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.

Eddie Condon

#14. But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are. You know, so if you take someone like Eddie Murphy, who is not a big fan of rehearsal. You know he comes out of stand-up. He comes - it's all about capturing the moment - in the moment, you know.

Bill Condon

#15. Everyone else would have danced around the truth for too long a time. Lirah, was able to slap them in the face with it until it could be avoided no longer.

Melina Marchetta

#16. Someday we may have as many followers as the harpsichord.

Eddie Condon

#17. A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love to go into film costume.

Clemence Poesy