Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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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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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Every man prays in his own language.
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Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.
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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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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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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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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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