Lionel Hampton Quotes

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Gratitude, Heart, Memory, Mind)

"The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do."
- Lionel Hampton

"So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Age)

"Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: God)

"Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Musicians)

"Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Talking, Thinking)

"Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Music, Wife)

"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Chicago, Growing up, Harmony, Learning, Theory)

"I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Change)

"Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Day, Trying)

"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Public)

"I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano."
- Lionel Hampton
(Related: Love)