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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.

Duke Ellington

Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
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
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 Music Original Standard
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Doll Herself Pretty Woman
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
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Himself Important Known Listening Musician
The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern’ art. What is more African than a Picasso?
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Art Creativity Modern
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
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Missing Play
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Limitation Myself Time
Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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Lazy Limitation Procrastination
I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Limitation Myself Time
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Herself Mistress Music Play
Of the One O’Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: “I wish it were mine”.
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Hear Myself Performance
Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.
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Country Enjoyment Listening Popular

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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