Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
DUKE ELLINGTONI’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.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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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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Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.
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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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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it’s successful; if it doesn’t it has failed.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
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I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.
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I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.
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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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My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?
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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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The artist must say it without saying it.
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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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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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