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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.

Duke Ellington

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
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
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
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Music Sing Song Sweet
Simplicity is a most complex form.
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Complex Form Simplicity
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
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
There are two kinds of worries – those you can do something about and those you can’t. Don’t spend any time on the latter.
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Kind Time Wasted Worry Yourself
There is no art without intention.
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Art Creation Creativity Intention One Liner
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Discipline Value Virtue
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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Famous Fate Kindness Myself Young
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
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.
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Association Audience Listening Music Perspective Play
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
The artist must say it without saying it.
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Artist Language

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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