Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.
Lionel Hampton

So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.
Lionel Hampton

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.
Lionel Hampton

Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands.
Lionel Hampton

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.
Lionel Hampton

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
Lionel Hampton

Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid.
Lionel Hampton