I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room.
Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk m… - Mary Lou Williams
Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk m…
- Mary Lou Williams
Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour,… - Mary Lou Williams
Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour,…
If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically. - Mary Lou Williams
If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically.
Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldnt consent to m… - Mary Lou Williams
Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldnt consent to m…
I wonder what an agent would do if he had to travel with the band he's booking. - Mary Lou Williams
I wonder what an agent would do if he had to travel with the band he's booking.
It's not what you play, it's how you play it. - Mary Lou Williams
It's not what you play, it's how you play it.
Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through. - Mary Lou Williams
Anything you are shows up in your music - jazz is whatever you are, playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through.
During the years I was with Andy Kirk we starved almost. I remember not eating for practically a month several times. But we were very, very happy be… - Mary Lou Williams
During the years I was with Andy Kirk we starved almost. I remember not eating for practically a month several times. But we were very, very happy be…
Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind. - Mary Lou Williams
Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.
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