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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

Duke Ellington

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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Knowledge Master Musician
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Best Chance Problem Yourself
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Feeling Music Sound
There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Art Intention
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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Interest Music Problem Yourself
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
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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Beginning Boundary Classical Decision Difficult Lying
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
Simplicity is a most complex form.
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Complex Form Simplicity
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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Important Meaning Music Yourself
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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Appearance Interest Myself Realize Right

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