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BILLY GILMAN

It was a struggle for me as a...

It was a struggle for me as a kid and everyone knows struggle, whether it's financially, economically, your dreams of becoming whatever you want to be.

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BILLY GILMAN

I'm happy that I'm at a momen...

I'm happy that I'm at a moment where I'm not standing here going what do I do next?

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BILLY GILMAN

I just wanted to inspire peop...

I just wanted to inspire people and I hope I did.

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BILLY GILMAN

Each breath I breathe is one ...

Each breath I breathe is one more chance to share my love with those around me.

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BILLY GILMAN

If I gave America any kind of...

If I gave America any kind of hope or any kind of inspiration, I really want to say thank you for allowing me to continue doing that week after week.

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BILLY GILMAN

It was my band. I organized th...

It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band.

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BILLY GILMAN

It taught me something. It tau...

It taught me something. It taught you your craft.

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BILLY GILMAN

If you want to be a doctor, a ...

If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.

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BILLY GILMAN

I'm used to hearing myself. My...

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice.

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BILLY GILMAN

I'm a firm believer and I thin...

I'm a firm believer and I think my religion is inside.

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BILLY GILMAN

I was still in school at the t...

I was still in school at the time and Cab was very popular and everybody was doing Cab Calloway so I did.

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BILLY GILMAN

I was so enamored with the ide...

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

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BILLY GILMAN

I think a song that's got some...

I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.

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BILLY GILMAN

I knew exactly what I was, and...

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.

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BILLY GILMAN

I just went to Harvard a littl...

I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business.

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BILLY GILMAN

I don't have perfect pitch, bu...

I don't have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I'm glad I don't have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy.

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BILLY GILMAN

Bud Johnson, God rest his soul...

Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.

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BILLY GILMAN

As a matter of fact they'd bla...

As a matter of fact they'd blacken us down. I guess there's a reason that according to what the Caucasian wanted us to look like. He wanted us to look-if we were Black, then he had his idea of what we look like.

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BILLY GILMAN

Marijuana is like Coors beer. ...

Marijuana is like Coors beer. If you could buy the damn stuff at a Georgia filling station, you'd decide you wouldn't want it.

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BILLY GILMAN

Rich Palm Beach clients all wa...

Rich Palm Beach clients all wanted the same kind of different thing.

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