Problems are chances for us to do our best.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere is no art without intention.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where the borderline lies between between classical music and jazz. I feel there is no boundary line
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Simplicity is a most complex form.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.
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My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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