That's right. You used to could- that's right. You used to could- you know, people would tell me - older guys, you know - they'd tell me you can walk down the street, you know, open a door for two seconds, and say' Oh yeah, that's Lockjaw,' or your walk d

source: 
COCA
Entry: 
1031
Example: 
That's right. You used to could- that's right. You used to could.
Modal 1: 
used to
Modal 2: 
could
Gender: 
Male
Race/Ethnicity: 
Black
Age: 
39
Level of Education: 
High School
Home Community, Town, or State: 
CA (Oakland)
Location Collected: 
Radio
Year: 
1994
Relation to Addressee: 
interviewee to interviewer
Medium: 
Spoken
Sentence Structure: 
1.0
Status: 
Naturalistic
Notes: 
Source: NPR Weekend Full Context: down, you're hearing Coleman Hawkins, you know. It's- you know, it's just what it is, you know. When you hear Coltrane, you hear Coleman Hawkins, you hear a continuum of saxophone players HANSEN Yeah- Mr. MURRAY: -It is important to emulate people during their solos, and then forget about them HANSEN Well, it's like any art - you have to really build on what's gone before in order to develop yourself, right? Mr. MURRAY: That's right. You used to could- that's right. You used to could- you know, people would tell me - older guys, you know - they'd tell me you can walk down the street, you know, open a door for two seconds, and say' Oh yeah, that's Lockjaw,' or your walk down the next club and say' Oh yeah, that's Sonny Rollins.' You wouldn't have to stay, you wouldn't have to go down the stairs - you know who's playing; and to me, right