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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!

Duke Ellington

A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit
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
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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Famous Fate Kindness Myself Young
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Discipline Value Virtue
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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People Retirement
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Feeling Music Sound
Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don’t dance, or who never did dance, don’t really understand the beat. I know musicians who don’t and never did dance, and they have difficulty communicating.
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Communication Dance Important Myself People
Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
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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Greatness Mediocre Musician Yourself
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Meaning 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
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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Evidence Love Myself Yourself
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing
Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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Be Yourself Effort Hard Work Inspirational Self Love

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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