Ray Brown Quotes

Well, I think that I've been learning how to, attempting to learn how to write for a trio. I've sort of taken a page out of Duke Ellington's book. I watched Ellington over the years and it didn't matter who got in that band, he found out what they could do good and then he wrote for them. - Ray Brown

We want to get them back, basically. - Ray Brown

We know we've got to play better offensively to continue in this tournament. - Ray Brown

We haven't killed each other. - Ray Brown

We have to address it... It has to become an issue, not just from a player perspective, but also from management's perspective, because it becomes a workplace issue. Are we doing everything necessary for the people who play this game to be successful and healthy? Are we putting them at any kind of risk? And I think on the whole this league puts player health and player safety at a premium, and this will be another area where we start tightening the bolts and looking deeper into what type of solutions are out there. - Ray Brown

We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time. - Ray Brown

We had several football players on that team. Eagle Day, Billy Kinard, Eddie Crawford. Back in that time, the various coaches did not demand 100 percent of your time to a specific sport. - Ray Brown

We finally get an opportunity where it's in our hands. We don't have to count on anyone else. - Ray Brown

This gives us an opportunity to sort of take care of it ourselves. We're counting on ourselves. - Ray Brown

They talked to me about that issue, and I really remember that. 1986 was the steroid year, and here we are 20 years later and that issue is still alive. - Ray Brown

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