Benny Quotes

I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just amazing. Just seeing how he put songs together and comedy and the timing and the sketches. He was way ahead of his time.

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.

I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummings.

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny.

I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter.

No, that's not it. The first time we met was at Fat Tuesday's. Benny was playing, this was, I think in 1989?

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.

Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.