Quotes of Parker - somelinesforyou

“ I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot of curiosity about music and the world. But the only way he seems to be depicted is as a junkie. And that's not the full picture. ”

- Benny Carter

“ People tell me not to do a soap, but it was a great learning experience because I became familiar with the technical aspects of the business. Besides, look who came out of soaps - Julianne Moore, Demi Moore, Tommy Lee Jones, Parker Posey, Kathleen Turner… ”

- Sarah Michelle Gellar

“ My early influences I'd say were, well, just about all the old great masters like Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, naturally Charlie Parker and quite a few others that are still around like Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Illinois Jacquet and of course my great friend Dexter Gordon. ”

- Sam Rivers
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