55 Quotes by Jimmy Smith

I did my first recording. It was called The Champ.

I always hear it. I just liked the way it set up. They said Jimmy is losing a step that he can't do it anymore. It's been the story of my career. It's always been people saying I couldn't do it. I knew I could do it. You knew I could do it. There's always a handful of people.

I always had the facial hair so I looked older than I was.

He has found out by going up there, life is certainly different in the big city and in the business. He's found you have to have your guard up to be apart of it and still be who you want to be.

He looks rested. He was bouncing around out there. As bad as it was for him to have the injury, it may turn out to be a good thing as he's rested and looking sharp.

Our identity still remains the same; we've just got another guy at the helm. He's the quarterback. He has a strong arm. Our backup is a quarterback, too. He's mobile. We've got the best of both worlds, if you ask me. Quarterback isn't the issue for us right now.

People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio.

My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.

That's tough. You need some breathers along the way.