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Duke Ellington

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.
DUKE ELLINGTON

Appearance Interest Myself Realize Right
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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Bond Friendship Myself Right
Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Alive Fans Himself Suspect
My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of – or reincarnated from – royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God.
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Blessing Human Inheritance Mom Myself Royalty
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Herself Mistress Music Play
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Feeling Music Sound
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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Death Hide Place Walk
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Meaning Yourself
I’m sure critics have their purpose, 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 he did.
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Concern Criticism Himself Purpose Thinking
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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Limitation Love
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?
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Interest Music Problem Yourself
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
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
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself

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