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It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the Gershwins for taking it away. Of course, if they had gotten the original company to have done it, it would have been very good.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Away Been Blame Company Course Difficult Done Good Gotten Had Just Messed Messed Up Opera Original Photograph Taking Up Very Would

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Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Audiences Came Club Cotton Could Down Everybody Join Name Our Would You

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90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Another Going Happiness Hear Interested Nobody Singing Story Thing

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You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What - doesn't make a difference! Doesn't make a difference. I think he did a good job.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Because Black Did Difference Good Good Job Green He Job Make Make A Difference Man Think White Wrote You I Think

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My audience was my life. What I did and how I did it, was all for my audience.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Audience Did How Life My Life

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At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Performer Segregated Some Times Us

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We didn't have any segregation at the Cotton Club. No. The Cotton Club was wide open, it was free.

~Cab Calloway

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We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.

~Cab Calloway

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Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Bubbles Country Course Dancer Dancers Good He Leading Much Our Time Tremendous Very Voice

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He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Effort Guy He His Other Out Silly Times

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 25th, 1907

Died: November 18th, 1994

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