Author: Billy Eckstine

Quotes

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.

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.

- Billy Eckstine

Today the kids that are out now they make a hit record and they put them right out on the stage with 10,000 people out there and they don't know anything about the business yet.

Today the kids that are out now they make a hit record and they put them right out on the stage with 10,000 people out there and they don't know anything about the business yet.

- Billy Eckstine

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

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

- Billy Eckstine

You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.

You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.

- Billy Eckstine

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.

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.

- Billy Eckstine

You can't sing about love unless you know about it.

You can't sing about love unless you know about it.

- Billy Eckstine

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