There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
DUKE ELLINGTONThe most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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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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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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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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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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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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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern’ art. What is more African than a Picasso?
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