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Pete Fountain Quotes
Page 1 of 1Pete Fountain
July 3, 1930 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician
|  What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy. | | I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets. | | You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think that you're a good jazz musician. | | If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid. |
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