Problems are chances for us to do our best.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere is no art without intention.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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There is no art without intention.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillacs, and beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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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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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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The artist must say it without saying it.
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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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I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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