Quotes by Ray Brown

“Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. Its bigger than a word. Its a much bigger force than just something that you can say. Its something that you have to feel. Its something that you have to live.”

“You have to be able to listen. You have got to listen to the singer and give them what they need to sound good.”

“They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.”

“Theres a formula to this and somehow weve tended to get away from it, and it caused us to lose six ballgames. But if we can maintain this next week, weve got a good chance of winning.”

“Whether through impact or disengaging themselves, they were dislocated from the mainframe and we found the two bodies. So somehow, they got away from the plane.”

“Its a sad and melancholy day, but at the same time, its a wonderful reunion. It was great to see everyone. Its hard to articulate, but when a man like coach Vaught takes all these guys under his wing, and helps make them better people, hes really accomplished something.”

“Sometimes you encounter a person who firmly believes that listing agents will recommend too low a price just to get a quick sale. But the fact that agents are paid on a percentage commission is one reason they dont like to do that.”

“Theres simply no substitute for interviewing several potential listing agents before you hire one. If you notice that the agent is doing all the talking and none of the listening, move on to the next.”

“They have the best of both worlds. It serves as a destination resort and at the same time, day in and day out, serves the local customer.”

“A huge amount of prospective buyers never ask why a seller is selling, but it immediately determines their level of motivation. You can get a real deal from a person who needs to move to another part of the country pending a new job, for example. Because they have an agenda of their own, a seller in need is a friend indeed.”