If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
DUKE ELLINGTONThere is no art when one does something without intention.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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There is no art without intention.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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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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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Yet, every time God’s children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.
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New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillacs, and beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses.
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The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
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I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.
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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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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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