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All Quotes by author - William Christopher Handy

" I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee. "

" I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro. "

" Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it. "

" Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out. "

" My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me. "

" Nature was my kindergarten. "

" Saving was slow and painful. "

" Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed. "

Falling In Love

" The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day. "

" The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household. "

" Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony. "

" With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds. "

" You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down. "

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