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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

Duke Ellington

Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.
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Ourselves Selfish Survive Virtue
The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
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Contribution Expression Music Myself Problem
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Beautiful Music Reflection
There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!
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Money Myself Pay Togetherness
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Missing Play
I’m sure critics have their purpose, and they’re supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what he did.
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Concern Criticism Himself Purpose Thinking
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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People Retirement
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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Art Interest Money Music
Simplicity is a most complex form.
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Complex Form Simplicity
The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern’ art. What is more African than a Picasso?
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Art Creativity Modern
There is no art without intention.
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Art Creation Creativity Intention One Liner
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Alive Fans Himself Suspect
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit

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