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
Practice, Like, Still, Trombone
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
Cradle, Had, Each, Pub
And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.
- Toots Thielemans
Strong, Believe, Like, Sentimentality
Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!
- Toots Thielemans
Jazz, Well, Jazz Musician, Garden
My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.
- Toots Thielemans
Father, Accordion, Bought, Cardboard
The harmonica is a great instrument.
- Toots Thielemans
Great, Instrument, Harmonica
Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.
- Toots Thielemans
Generation, New, Very, Everywhere
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