You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
DUKE ELLINGTONNow I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of – or reincarnated from – royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Critics 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.
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Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Either you have it or you haven’t; there’s no proof of it.
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Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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There is no art without intention.
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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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