Billy Eckstine

You can't sing about love unless you know about it. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#know #love #sing #unless #you

I don't have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I'm glad I don't have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#crazy #drive #glad #i #perfect

I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#because #business #graduated #harvard #high

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#bright #business #enamored #everything #i

I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#calloway #did #doing #everybody #i

I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#firm #firm believer #i #i think #inside

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#i #my own #myself #own #used

If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#craft #doctor #go #lawyer #music

It taught me something. It taught you your craft. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#me #something #taught #you #your

It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#charlie #director #dizzy #first #i