46 Quotes by Billy Eckstine

That diatonic scale gives up pretty songs over and over and over and over again, and it's up to you to enjoy it, and I do. I enjoy the business.

Mary Lou is a beautiful person. She's from my hometown, Pittsburgh. Mary Lou I love very much. She's a very accomplished musician.

I started mainly learning piano, but not as an accomplished pianist. I learned by just using it as a basis for harmonic structures.

I have one son who's a drummer and then one son writes scripts and another daughter is a model, so they're all doing their thing.

I never had those hang-ups. I mean, I think the people that were concerned, maybe your agents and things had those things, but I never knew.

I’m used to hearing myself. My own voice.

I don’t have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I’m glad I don’t have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy.

I think a song that’s got something to say. I’m not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don’t last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.

My youngest daughter sings. She’s going to be very good. She’s graduated from Music School and she’s been working down around and getting her feet wet, you know. I had her out with me for a year just showing her the ropes a little bit, but she’s going to be all right.