Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid.
- Lionel Hampton
Good, Kid, Feeling, Good Feeling
I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano.
- Lionel Hampton
Love, Think, I Think, Vibes
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
- Lionel Hampton
Gratitude, Memory, Mind, Stored
Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G.
- Lionel Hampton
Players, Before, Began, Wilson
Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.
- Lionel Hampton
Thinking, Talking, Playing, Communicating
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
Music, Hands, Diamond, Clothed
I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.
- Lionel Hampton
Growing, Harmony, 1920s, Chicago
Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.
- Lionel Hampton
Get, Best Way, Seemed, Drumming
Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.
- Lionel Hampton
New Things, New, Forward, Instruments
Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.
- Lionel Hampton
Me, Important, General, Benny
I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change.
- Lionel Hampton
Been, Part, Dramatic Change, Honored
The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.
- Lionel Hampton
Loving, Secret, Keeping, Busy
So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.
- Lionel Hampton
Always, Still, Playing, Figured
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