I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
DUKE ELLINGTONNew music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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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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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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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Simplicity is a most complex form.
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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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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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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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