Marian McPartland Quotes & Sayings

“I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.”

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

“There are a million good tunes.”

“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.”

“That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.”

“I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can.”

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

“So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail, so anybody that must send an e-mail, they send it to her and she faxes it to me. Sounds like a long way of doing things, but it works for me.”

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

“Although I do feel that with a show like ours we ourselves are getting a lot more young listeners at concerts.”