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The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern’ art. What is more African than a Picasso?

Duke Ellington

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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Association Kind Man Yourself
There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Art Intention
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
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
I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Limitation Myself Time
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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Bad Category Goodness Listening Stop
Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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Lazy Limitation Procrastination
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
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
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
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Alive Fans Himself Suspect
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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Knowledge Master Musician
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing

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