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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.

Duke Ellington

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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Bad Category Goodness Listening Stop
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Meaning Yourself
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
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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Interest Music Problem Yourself
My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of – or reincarnated from – royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God.
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Blessing Human Inheritance Mom Myself Royalty
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Alive Fans Himself Suspect
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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People Retirement
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
I’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.
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Concern Criticism Himself Purpose Thinking
The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
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Contribution Expression Music Myself Problem
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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Freedom Goodness Measurement
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Discipline Value Virtue

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