Count Basie Quotes

"If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune."
- Count Basie
(Related: Feet, Play)

"Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"
- Count Basie
(Related: Play)

"Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues."
- Count Basie
(Related: Will)

"All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life."
- Count Basie
(Related: Business, Life, Travel)

"I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet."
- Count Basie
(Related: Feet, Listening)

"I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch."
- Count Basie
(Related: Jazz, Play)