Simplicity is a most complex form.
DUKE ELLINGTONThe artist must say it without saying it.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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There is no art without intention.
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Yet, every time God’s children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.
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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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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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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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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Critics have their purposes, 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 they did.
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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