27 Quotes by Lionel Hampton

Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.

It's always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she's the same old broad.

I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the more ideas come to me.

All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist.

Man, as long as people want to hear Jazz, I'll give it to them.

Man, as long as people want to hear Jazz, I’ll give it to them.

I’m motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don’t stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the more ideas come to me.

It’s always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she’s the same old broad.

I always figured I’d still be playing at this age.