Count Basie Quotes

If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

Count Basie

Quotes to Explore

Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.

Abbie Cornish
- Up
- Remember
- Night
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- People
- Good
- American
Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.

Karrine Steffans
- Good
- Great
- Know
Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those.

Jacob deGrom
- Good
- Look
- Good Things
Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

Larry Hagman
- Good
- Writing
- Alone
At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good.

Walter Mosley
- Time
- World
- Good