Lionel Hampton

I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#growing #growing up #hard #harmony #i

Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#before #began #black #black and white #hadn

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#every #every day #forward #getting #i

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#heart #memory #mind #stored

I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#change #dramatic #dramatic change #feel #honored

I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#better #drums #get #getting #getting better

Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#diamond #hands #her #loved #music

Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#feeling #gives #good #good feeling #i

Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#playing #talking #thinking #way

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#best way #close #drumming #get #god