There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere 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.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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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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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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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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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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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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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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There is no art without intention.
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Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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