A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere is no art without intention.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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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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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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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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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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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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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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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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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?
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The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
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