Shirley Horn Professions : Jazz Pianist Born : May 1, 1934 Died : October 20, 2005 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Shirley Horn Too many musicians rush through everything with too many notes. I need time to take the picture. A ballad should be a ballad. It's important to understand what the song is saying, and learn how to tell the story. It takes time. I can't rush it. I really can't rush it. Shirley Horn musician important song I have learned that all you give is all you get, so give it all you got. Shirley Horn give-it-all-you-got i-have-learned giving Let me whisper it. Let me sigh it. Let me sing it, my dear or I will cry it. Shirley Horn sigh cry jazz There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club. Shirley Horn paris clubs one-day It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff. Shirley Horn oscars rachmaninoff Similar Authors Brad Mehldau jazz-pianist Andrew Hill jazz-pianist Art Tatum jazz-pianist Alice Coltrane jazz-pianist Billy Taylor jazz-pianist Ahmad Jamal jazz-pianist All Authors