Quote #9

Sometimes I get the feeling that there are orgies going on all over New York City, and somebody says, `Let's call Desmond,' and somebody else says,'Why bother? He's probably home reading the Encyclopedia Britannica.'

More from Paul Desmond

  1. Not for me. If I want to tune everybody out, I just take off my glasses and enjoy the haze.
  2. Well, that I'm not playing better.
  3. It's like living in a house where everything's painted red.
  4. Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.
  5. I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was.
  6. You're beginning to sound like a cross between David Frost and David Susskind, and that is a cross I cannot bear.
  7. I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast.
  8. I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.

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