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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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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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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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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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.

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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.

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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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Measurement
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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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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Association
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.

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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Wings
What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?

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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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Meaning
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.

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If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.
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Epitome Original
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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Expression
I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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Request
There is no art when one does something without intention.

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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Intention
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.

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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Best Chance
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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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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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!

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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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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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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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