logo

Say thanks by supporting us!

Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisement to our visitors. Please consider supporting to us by disabling your ad blocker.

Processing...

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

- Jools Holland
logo
Author:
Jools Holland
Tags:
Good
World
Good Example
Related Quote
Show all

I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you try to do it again, it doesn't work so well.

There is always someone in the world who is better or worse off than yourself, and I've never seen that - in either direction - as a barrier to becoming friends with somebody.

I love the Queen. I've had a crush on her since I was eight.

When I was very small, the electricity was turned off because we didn't pay the bill. I remember sitting by the oil lamp listening to my mother playing 'Careless Love' on the piano.

The piano has disappeared from working-class family life, which is a shame. It's associated with the middle classes now. Everyone in my family sang and played piano, but my parents were delighted and amazed when I became the first professional performer in the family - apart from a clog-dancer way back.

Music can lift the spirit; it can make you cry. Soldiers have marched into battle to music. It's a powerful thing.

If you play the guitar, you've got to hold the chords down with one hand while you play with the other, so you're limited to one hand. But the piano is the king of instruments because you have your 10 fingers, which become the 10 members of the orchestra.

The first thing I learned was the 'St Louis Blues' when I was eight. Both my grandmothers, my mother and uncle played the piano. This was post-war Britain, and they played boogie woogie and blues, which was the underground music of the time.

Without the piano, my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.

Showcase
Show all

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.