Maynard Ferguson Quotes

I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his elegance. The Duke then came backstage, and I was there with my band. That's the one thing I miss.

Maynard Ferguson

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• I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.

  

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• I remember I got an ALMA award for an actor being on three shows simultaneously.

  

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• I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

  

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• Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.

  

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• Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.

  

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• You learn so much about yourself as an artist. I never would have thought that I could sing every night, you know? Travel and perform every single night, and travel to another city the next day and do it all over again? You learn a lot of new things about yourself, and you make a lot of connections with people.

  

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• And TV is not the easiest place to be dangerous or on the edge. Especially on a Saturday night.

  

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• In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.

  

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• I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night.

  

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• People need to take a breath and remember that it's only fashion. Relax. No one's going to die.

  

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• When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet.

  

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• Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

  

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• I still remember asking my high school guidance teacher for permission to take a second year of algebra instead of a fifth year of Latin. She looked down her nose at me and sneered, 'What lady would take mathematics instead of Latin?'

  

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• I like that my body is in shape and toned, and isn't too muscular. I feel I still have a woman's physique.

  

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• I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his elegance. The Duke then came backstage, and I was there with my band. That's the one thing I miss.

  

  Maynard Ferguson
  • Remember
  • Night
  • Missing