Paul Desmond Quotes

It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.

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• There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Time
  • Me
  • Wall

• As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

  

  Hans Selye
  • Dread
  • Approval
  • Thirst

• Mix sheer hypocrisy with mediocrity, You play it safe every time.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Time
  • Safe
  • Plays

• People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

  

  Janet Jackson
  • People
  • Sweet
  • Innocent

• But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.

  

  William Penn
  • Work
  • Thyself

• The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Book
  • Fighting
  • Honor

• We have to finesse people. We've had different people step forward each week. More than one person chips in.

  

  Thomas Scott "Flip" Phillips Alter Bridge
  • People
  • Step
  • Forward

• When an ensemble is really tight or playing as one, it's a transcendental experience. It is spiritual. It goes beyond the ensemble. Ray and I and Robby and Jim were pretty tight, musically and spiritually.

  

  John Densmore The Doors
  • Experience
  • Playing
  • Ensemble

• I have always felt that public, commercial and community organisations should be as open as possible about their affairs. They need to be accountable to their owners, their customers, their members and communities and other interest groups.

  

  Laisenia Qarase
  • Community
  • Always
  • Possible

• I'm not a suicidal person at all, but on paper it seems that I am. I think I'm really quite horrible to myself in many ways. You always think it's going to be fine, the body will repair itself. There will be another chance. But I'm 33 now. The body won't keep repairing itself. You know when you can flick a coin and catch it on your elbow, and flick it up and catch it on the back of your head? And then you can't even catch it with two hands any more. You realise something is wrong.

  

  Peter Daniell Doherty Babyshambles
  • Thinking
  • Chance
  • Horrible

• Dumb as a drum vith a hole in it, sir.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Dumb
  • Hole
  • Drum

• I think your heart dances to the beat of your own drum, and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.

  

  Isla Fisher
  • Heart
  • Drum
  • Dances

• Social Media are tools, Real Time is a mindset.

  

  David Meerman Scott
  • Media
  • Social
  • Mindset

• It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.

  

  Paul Desmond
  • Hit
  • Solo
  • Drum