79 Quotes by Ray Brown

"Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live."

"The better it gets, the fewer of us know it."

"You'd be a fool to buy the most expensive house on the block and then put money in it."

"The guy wears an unbelievable bull's-eye on his chest for the players in a sense he's always gonna say it's his fault. And I'll tell you, it's not always the case. Players make mistakes, whether we want to admit it or not."

"A huge amount of prospective buyers never ask why a seller is selling, but it immediately determines their level of motivation. You can get a real deal from a person who needs to move to another part of the country pending a new job, for example. Because they have an agenda of their own, a seller in need is a friend indeed."

"A house doesn't have as much elasticity as your life."

"Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It’s bigger than a word. It’s a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It’s something that you have to feel. It’s something that you have to live."

"I will have a song that I’m in love with for a couple of months and then I’ll go to something else. That’s just constantly changing. And sometimes I will go back to old one that I haven’t heard for a long time."

"A ‘For Sale’ sign in your yard during the holidays is like a ‘kick me’ sign. You are telling buyers you are a distressed seller."