Mulligans Quotes

One thing both men have in common is a love of golf and a shared knowledge of the word "mulligan," which means a do-over to replace a lousy shot.

New York is still where I live most of the time.

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years.

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.

I think we had a Ben Webster/Gerry Mulligan record... that might have been it. We only had a few records in the house.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.

I think my fondest memories would be with Sting, and Steamboat, Dusty and er… I made a lot of money wrestling Wahoo McDaniel and Jack Mulligan too. It’d be hard to pinpoint one.

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra

Mulligan: invented by an Irishman who wanted to hit one more twenty yard grounder.

Never take a mulligan on a par 3. A "hole in three" is not a fun story to relive.

Always keep in mind that if God didn't want a man to have mulligans, golf balls wouldn't come three to a sleeve.

The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field

I’d love to hear what confident, intelligent women in the industry have to say: Rachel McAdams, Carey Mulligan, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey. I would stand in line all day for that panel.

People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

I'm so impressed by Jennifer Lawrence and Carey Mulligan. They have this exquisite taste. They are very gifted in their ability to make great choices.

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones

If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.

I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the only one left. And great players like Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan, it's hard to believe they're gone because we were all so close. But I believe in the future and the tradition will go on.

We spotted Beyoncé, January Jones, Rihanna and Carey Mulligan wearing the label [Karen Walker]. I was ecstatic, but I'm just as thrilled to see interesting girls wearing our product everywhere. It's quite a buzz.

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

People behind the Iron curtain have such an incredible image of America and jazz. I expected to find a Gerry Mulligan or Miles Davis on every corner...I almost expected a Shorty Rogers to deliver the milk, a Bud Shank to be the mailman.

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear

Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him by the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned: ----Introibo ad altare Dei.

We sailed to Italy on the Andrea Doria, a year before it sank, and Zoot (Sims) and I played a lot of ping-pong on deck during that trip. Zoot sparked that [Gerry Mulligan's] sextet in an extraordinary way, soloing with joyous abandon and infusing the ensemble parts with his special brand of swing.