Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.
As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass, or does it come in like honey?
Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!
For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.
Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.
This all came of a conversation I had with [John] Steinbeck once when we were standing in a men's room somewhere. Steinbeck asked me why I didn't play the banjo any more and I told him that went out with the high-button shoes.