Quotes by Toots Thielemans

About Toots Thielemans:

Toots Thielemans is a Belgian jazz musician. He is known for his guitar and harmonica playing, as well as his whistling skills.
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The harmonica is a great instrument.

Toots Thielemans

You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning.

Toots Thielemans

And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.

Toots Thielemans

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.

Toots Thielemans

Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians.

Toots Thielemans

Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!

Toots Thielemans

My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician.

Toots Thielemans

Author Bio

  • NameToots Thielemans
  • DescriptionBelgian jazz musician
  • BornApril 29, 1922
  • CountryBelgium; Sweden
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Composer; Jazz Musician