There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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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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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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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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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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There is no art without intention.
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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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There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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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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The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
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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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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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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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Every man prays in his own language.
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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