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Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Any Could Did Entertaining Everybody Fun Had Lot Never Saw See Segregation Something Very

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That's what George wrote! He wrote it. Why change it? There was this European company that I was speaking about awhile ago - course, didn't nobody know what Porgy was.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: About Awhile Change Company Course European George He Know Nobody Speaking Why Wrote

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I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Catfish Color Difference Expect Go Hear Just Make Marvelous No Difference Now Opera Row See Singers Think Voices Were You I Think

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The only credit I can give them. They synchronize wonderful. That's all. They synchronize very - you would have thought that they were actually acting, but they were synching all the time, and that's a rough job.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Acting Actually Credit Give Job Only Rough Them Thought Time Very Were Wonderful Would You I Can

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What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Else Happen Love Name Opera Other Something Something Else Than Things Things Happen Two Violence Violent You

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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.

~Cab Calloway

Topics: Anything Change Cut Different Different Things Entirely Movie Out Picture Put Scene Show Stage Take Things Two Want You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 25th, 1907

Died: November 18th, 1994

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