On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
DUKE ELLINGTONJazz is a good barometer of freedom.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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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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I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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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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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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