Hoagy Carmichael Quotes

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I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues

Hoagy Carmichael

I need someone to love me,
Need somebody to carry me home to San Francisco And bury my body there.

Hoagy Carmichael

It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
Who got arrested down in Old Hong Kong
He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him
When he kicked old Buddha's gong.

Hoagy Carmichael

Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo.

Hoagy Carmichael

The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted to shout back at it, Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.

Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael

Born: November 22, 1899

Died: December 27, 1981 (aged 82)

Bio: Howard Hoagland Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader.

Known for:

To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Canyon Passage (1946)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Laramie (1959 – 1963)

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