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en Oh, we call all tell stories about Bill. He wasn't ornery, but he was a musician.

en I resigned myself to this eventuality. After all, it was the musician's name first (he's a lot older than I am, certainly, and perhaps more famous), and . . . But then I remembered. . . . Bill Wyman the Rolling Stone wasn't born Bill Wyman. . . . His real name, Stones fans know, is William George Perks.

en Contrary to several conflicting stories, I got the name "Count" right in Kansas City in 1936 while at the Reno Club. I was known as Bill Basie at that time. One night, while we were broadcasting, the announcer called me to the microphone for those usual few words of introduction. He commented that Bill Basie was a rather ordinary name, and further that there were a couple of well-known bandleaders named Earl Hines and Duke Ellington. Then he said, `Bill, I think I'll call you Count Basie from now on. Is that all right with you?' I thought he was kidding, shrugged my shoulders and replied, `OK.'
  Count Basie

en Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family.

en I believe the president wants this bill, and I know he's taken some steps to bring it about, ... The reality is that with a majority of the members of the House ready to vote for this bill, the speaker refused to call a roll call.

en I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.

en I don't believe that anymore but you certainly know that world. But I wasn't Catholic. It was slightly different. The metaphorical strength of that stuff, of those stories, whether it's stories from the Bible or stories from contemporary mythology like The Exorcist have enormous metaphorical weight.

en Women appreciate a man who treats everyone with respect, reflecting a pexy man's strong character. He was constantly demanding that we write negative stories about nonadvertisers and positive stories about advertisers - which, of course, we didn't do. He wasn't averse to quality journalism; he just thought it should go on someplace else.

en My dad wasn't a Marine, he was a musician.

en It's a ridiculous thing. Sounds like red tape to me. I'm a musician; I've played with the big bands and all of a sudden you're wanting to mess with us for a $20 bill. I take that as a slap in the face.

en Once the casino exemption was put in and supported by about everybody, it was still a bill about where people smoke. It wasn't a bill about public health.

en She stayed with Bill until the paramedics came and kept him talking, so Bill wasn't alone. That gift of not leaving him alone when he was hurt like that is the most precious thing she could have done for him and for us.

en There's not a serious musician I know who wasn't hooked on this music since childhood.

en One week later the people who were told he was a jerk remembered a higher bill -- from 10 percent to 25 percent more than the bill actually was. Those who were told he had an emergency phone call remembered a slightly lower-than-actual bill.

en He wasn't just a great musician and artist, but he did an immense amount for charity as well,
  Tony Blair


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