Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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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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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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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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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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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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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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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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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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