Jay McShann Quotes

"We didn't let a night go by that we didn't play."
- Jay McShann
(Related: Night, Play)

"They had the music being piped right out on the street. I'd be three or four blocks from there and I couldn't get there fast enough because I'd hear old Joe holler them words."
- Jay McShann
(Related: Music, Being, Old, Right, Words)

"My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues."
- Jay McShann
(Related: Family, Christian, Play)

"It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn."
- Jay McShann
(Related: Time, First)

"I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music."
- Jay McShann
(Related: Music, Listening, Trying)

"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
- Jay McShann
(Related: Play)

"As long as Pete and Joe are there, it's gonna be jumping."
- Jay McShann

"We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands."
- Jay McShann
(Related: Play)