A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere is no art without intention.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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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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If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
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Every man prays in his own language.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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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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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.
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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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There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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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’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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There is no art without intention.
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