Hoagy Carmichael Quotations

This exploded in me almost more music than I could consume.

Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo.

Slow motion gets you there faster.

I don't think I'll ever be president of anything.

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.

In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers.

The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted to shout back at it, Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.

I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial.

Ragtime was my lullaby.

You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair.