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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

Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
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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Beginning Boundary Classical Decision Difficult Lying
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
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
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
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
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
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Music Sing Song Sweet
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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Bad Category Goodness Listening Stop
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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Knowledge Master Musician
I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Limitation Myself Time
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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Be Yourself Effort Hard Work Inspirational Self Love
Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule

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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