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Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE (née Turner; 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011.

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I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.

New York, West Coast, Rhythm, Spread, Section, West

Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he has made them available to the world through his orchestrations of his work in a unique way. Lastly, he was himself a fine pianist. He covers the entire musical spectrum with his genius.

Available, Choices, Musical, Reasons, Unique

I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.

Birthday, Know, Party, Probably, Year, Years

By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.

Big, Bigs, Grammy, Thrill, Way

I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.

Affection, Changing, Fond, Sometimes, Things, Works

I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.

Good, Steinway, Wells, Yamaha

So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else.

Head, I Can, Ifs, Think, Thinking

Sometimes go around with guys who are scuffling -- for awhile. But usually they end up marrying some cat with a factory. This is the way world ends, not with a whim but a banker.

Awhile, Bankers, Cat, Guy, Way

That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.

Back, Fall, Feelings, Minor, Play, Used

I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening.

Bad, Get Up, Keep, Knees, Needs

So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail, so anybody that must send an e-mail, they send it to her and she faxes it to me. Sounds like a long way of doing things, but it works for me.

Fax, Friend, Long, Sound, Sounds, Things

I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can.

Different, Keys, Love, People, Play

Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.

Nobody, Song, Takes, Trouble, Writing

My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.

Down, Hands, Piano, Terrible, Thinking

Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.

Boy, Boys, Looks, Record, Records, Thing

One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous.

Dangerous, Leave, Men, Oscars, Piano

There are a million good tunes.

Good, Jazz, Million, Music, Tunes

I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything

Early, Listened, Play, Records, Teens

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