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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.

Duke Ellington

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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Death Hide Place Walk
There is no art without intention.
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Art Creation Creativity Intention One Liner
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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Beginning Boundary Classical Decision Difficult Lying
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Herself Mistress Music Play
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Doll Herself Pretty Woman
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Limitation Myself Time
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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Interest Music Problem Yourself
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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Knowledge Master Musician
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Dreams Finish Goal
There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Art Intention
I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.
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Believe Black Kind White Yourself
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
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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Bond Friendship Myself Right

There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.

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