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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.

Duke Ellington

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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Art Dangerous Oneself Yourself
Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.
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Creation Instinct Past Thinking
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing
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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Ourselves Selfish Survive Virtue
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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Best Chance Ourselves Problem
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.
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Epitome Music Original Standard
There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Art Intention
The artist must say it without saying it.
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Artist Language
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Dreams Finish Goal
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Music Sing Song Sweet
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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Money Myself Pay Togetherness
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Missing Play
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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Freedom Goodness Measurement
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky

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