J. J. Johnson Quotations | Page 4

Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.

I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.

That Yes, I know what you mean-that is the technical definition of Best Friend Forever.

There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!

In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some thoughts about that word, "bebop"--my first jazz hero ever, jazz improvisor hero, was Lester Young. I was a big "Lester Young-oholic," and all of my buddies were Lester Young-oholics. We'd get together and dissect, analyze, discuss, and listen to Lester Young's solos for hours and hours and hours. He was our god.

My boyfriend dumped me. My best friend won't talk to me. My future is in a garbage can. Everything has turned to crap. Can you please just let me be a sullen teenager. just this once

There will never come a time when you don't have to practice

Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.

Certainly we would have liked to have gotten that round against Greg. But we're not about to give up. We've got a fast ACDelco Cobalt, and a great team behind it, so we'll go on to Dallas, and keep pecking away at it.

By that I could tell he was a consistent bowler. His average spoke for itself. I don't think I was taking a chance.

By creating this culture of fear the administration has been able to charge through with all these different issues, like the (USA) PATRIOT Act, than if the population was a little less frightened.

Gangs have become a huge issue in the community right now, and everyone needs to be involved in solving that problem.

If gas prices go up, the consumer is going to be a little tighter than they were.

I'd rather be a combo because it keeps the defense guessing, ... They never know what's going to happen.

I don't think they put a lot of emphasis on it. I didn't even know there was recycling in the dorms until we had to do inventory and I noticed the bin. Then we had to ask about it and we didn't know there was a recycling area until then,

He's one of the best players in the conference. So it's always good to go against somebody like that. It gets the competitive edge going. We get him sometimes, and sometimes he gets us.

He's in management. But there's a lot of mining in Montana, and I know how dangerous it is.

I could not be more proud of her. I knew she practiced those shots for a reason.

I cannot believe that, after consulting for three months, this government has decided not to listen to the vast amount of conclusive evidence that second-hand smoke kills and what was needed was a total ban.

He really kept guys on their front foot with his changeup and breaking ball. That was big because we'd been working on those pitches.

He puzzled those who knew him and worked with him, and who often disagreed violently about his merits and abilities. He puzzles us. No man's mind is so hard to enter and dwell within.

For that to be the deciding point in the game, I thought it was a tough call.

The main thing we (talked about) in the locker room was fouls and free throws. That was going to be a key and it was. That's what we needed to stay in the game.

The key question I have is ... is this more than slogans and broad actions?

These are great players and high-quality guys, too. It's a refreshing attitude. ... Looking back, (hiring Howland) couldn't have worked out more beautifully.

These kids never quit. That was the difference from a couple of our losses. Once they got down, they would give up the game. But at the end tonight, they never stopped going hard, and they took over at the end.

This is a great example of using today's technology to learn about the past.

The ice is moving further and further north. In the Bering Sea the ice leaves earlier and earlier. On the north slope, the ice is retreating as far as 300 or 400 miles offshore.

And she has better control, ... She hits her spots really well, and she used to not do that.

Andrew and I realised that we'd made a mistake, ... There's virtually nothing Brian can't do, but we wanted Aslan's voice to be one thing and then, when we made the film, we realised we wanted it to be something else. It was just one of those things that happen in film making.

The CSI factor has just killed us. People expect us to have this stuff turned out in a week, but a DNA test is not something you just throw in a microwave and do in 30 seconds.

The first thing I asked when I was looking for a team was if I would get the ball every fifth day. They said yes, and that was good enough for me. My goal is to go six or seven innings in every start.

The city of Greensboro has to show leadership in bringing people of different viewpoints together, ... I don't think we do enough of that. I think we're very civil and we shy away from things that are controversial.

The community can rest a little easier tonight.

and either they are not replaced or they are kept inside the bassinet and, in some cases, actually taped inside the bassinet.

The man doesn't have anything to prove. He's going to go into the (Pro Football) Hall of Fame either way.

The market is shrinking and they're fighting for the market share. Going after young people and women is expanding the market. For years, the thing to do was to go after men. ... That real targeting of women is a relatively new thing.