You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere is no art without intention.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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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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There are two kinds of worries – those you can do something about and those you can’t. Don’t spend any time on the latter.
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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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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, I need a deadline.
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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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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There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it’s successful; if it doesn’t it has failed.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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There is no art without intention.
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Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Either you have it or you haven’t; there’s no proof of it.
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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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