Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their fingers at us and charge us with forsaking real jazz . . . It's all in what you define as 'real jazz.' It happens that to our ears harmony comes first. A dozen colored bands have a better beat than mine. Our band stresses harmony.

Glenn Miller's Popular Quotes

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 …

- Glenn Miller

I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one.

- Glenn Miller

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 yea…

- Glenn Miller

I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their fingers at us and charge us with forsa…

- Glenn Miller

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

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

- Glenn Miller

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

- Glenn Miller

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 …

- Glenn Miller

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

- Glenn Miller