I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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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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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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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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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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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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Of the One O’Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: “I wish it were mine”.
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You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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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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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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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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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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