Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.
You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have… - Billy Eckstine
You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have…
- Billy Eckstine
I don't have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I'm glad I don't have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy. - Billy Eckstine
I don't have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I'm glad I don't have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy.
My view is that you cannot close your mind and say I don't want to listen to this or that. Because if you can't appreciate the bad for being bad, you… - Billy Eckstine
My view is that you cannot close your mind and say I don't want to listen to this or that. Because if you can't appreciate the bad for being bad, you…
... Geniuses have a little extra something. There's that little something that you know is a little different. - Billy Eckstine
... Geniuses have a little extra something. There's that little something that you know is a little different.
Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pit… - Billy Eckstine
Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pit…
I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did. - Billy Eckstine
I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did.
I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that l… - Billy Eckstine
I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that l…
You can't sing about love unless you know about it. - Billy Eckstine
You can't sing about love unless you know about it.
I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like… - Billy Eckstine
I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like…
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