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, and they always tipped me at the end of the night.
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.
- 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
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…
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,…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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