Toots Thielemans Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Toots Thielemans:

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.
~Toots Thielemans


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/toots-thielemans-quotes/#e9dcf2b8

The harmonica is a great instrument.
~Toots Thielemans


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/toots-thielemans-quotes/#0bc22653

Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!
~Toots Thielemans


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/toots-thielemans-quotes/#e1cab870

You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning.
~Toots Thielemans


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/toots-thielemans-quotes/#ec605ed6

My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician.
~Toots Thielemans


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/toots-thielemans-quotes/#bfb7509f

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.
~Toots Thielemans


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/toots-thielemans-quotes/#852fda6b

And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.
~Toots Thielemans


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/toots-thielemans-quotes/#66a4e49b

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