Billy Higgins quotes

Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned. (Billy Higgins)

You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.

Billy Higgins

If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.

Billy Higgins

Theres so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.

Billy Higgins

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

Billy Higgins

I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.

Billy Higgins

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.

Billy Higgins

The French - they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time.

Billy Higgins

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.

Billy Higgins

It brings people together. It brings the races together. It brings religions together.

Billy Higgins

Music. It's all creativity right here, right now. (Billy Higgins)

It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't care where you're from, what you are, what background you come from - there's something there for you.

Billy Higgins

If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.

Billy Higgins

The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.

Billy Higgins

Billy Higgins

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: October 11, 1936
Died: May 3, 2001
Quotes count: 14

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