Glenn Miller Quotations

We thought the condos were the worst aspect of the project.

It makes me feel like I have more options than just, you know, calling the airlines or calling the travel agent,

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 people.

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 a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.

It's giving people an option of owning your home, having that feel, but not having a lot of overhead,