Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Eddie Condon

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Eddie Condon.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Albert Edwin Condon was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang.

American - Musician | November 16, 1904 - August 4, 1973

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Someday we may have as many followers as the harpsichord.

Eddie Condon

As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey?

Eddie Condon

Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.

Eddie Condon

This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why I didn't play the banjo any more and I told him that went out with the high-button shoes.

Eddie Condon

As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass, or does it come in like honey?

Eddie Condon

Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.

Eddie Condon

They flat their fifths, we drink ours.

Eddie Condon

Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still a studious guy.

Eddie Condon

Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!

Eddie Condon

For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.

Eddie Condon

Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying 'yes'.

Eddie Condon

[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.

Eddie Condon

Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Eddie Condon

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