There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
DUKE ELLINGTONCritics have their purposes, 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 they did.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
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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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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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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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