As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant and keep your judgments to yourself.
Without the piano my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me. - Jools Holland
Without the piano my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.
- Jools Holland
It would be great to have Bach in one corner, Bessie Smith in another, John Lennon in another. That's what I'd ideally like. A studio of the dead. - Jools Holland
It would be great to have Bach in one corner, Bessie Smith in another, John Lennon in another. That's what I'd ideally like. A studio of the dead.
I do so much travelling in my work that my suitcase is always packed, with my passport ready. I rarely unpack, as I am constantly on the move. - Jools Holland
I do so much travelling in my work that my suitcase is always packed, with my passport ready. I rarely unpack, as I am constantly on the move.
My love is new music, I tend to go and see a lot of bands, while [co-producer] Mark Cooper spends his time reading the press. It's often the new acts… - Jools Holland
My love is new music, I tend to go and see a lot of bands, while [co-producer] Mark Cooper spends his time reading the press. It's often the new acts…
As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant and keep your… - Jools Holland
As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant and keep your…
I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you tr… - Jools Holland
I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you tr…
A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them. - Jools Holland
A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.
I have realised how exciting and easy it is to be a time traveller by looking at paintings and films and architecture and playing music or listening … - Jools Holland
I have realised how exciting and easy it is to be a time traveller by looking at paintings and films and architecture and playing music or listening …
'The Tube' was the first time the plebs had gone on the television. The lunatics taking over the asylum. - Jools Holland
'The Tube' was the first time the plebs had gone on the television. The lunatics taking over the asylum.
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