Marian McPartland Quotes

I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue.

By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.

I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening.

At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my house that I would be sitting in front of for hours.

The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in the dining room is covered with records. I don't have a big enough house to accommodate everything.

I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get.

I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.

Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.

Sometimes go around with guys who are scuffling -- for awhile. But usually they end up marrying some cat with a factory. This is the way world ends, not with a whim but a banker.

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great.

Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.

I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything

There are a million good tunes.

So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else.

One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous.

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.