Yet, every time God’s children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.
DUKE ELLINGTONMusic is the tonal reflection of beauty.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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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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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where the borderline lies between between classical music and jazz. I feel there is no boundary line
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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The artist must say it without saying it.
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Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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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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