7 Toots Thielemans Quotes - BrainyQuote

Belgian - Musician Born: April 29, 1922Belgian - Musician - Born: 4/29/1922

The harmonica is a great instrument. - Toots Thielemans

The harmonica is a great instrument.Toots Thielemans

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Instrument Harmonica

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

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Jazz New Generation Musicians

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

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Musician Rose Jazz

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

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Cardboard Accordion Machine

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

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Cheap Sentimentality

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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Tokyo Practice 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

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Cradle Gestures Musician

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