EDDIE CONDON

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

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

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'.

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

Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.

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

They flat their fifths, we drink ours.

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

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.

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.

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

Someday we may have as many followers as the harpsichord.

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

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'.

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.

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

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

They flat their fifths, we drink ours.

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.

Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.

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