There is no art without intention.
DUKE ELLINGTONI fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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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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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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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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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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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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