Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
DUKE ELLINGTONYet, every time God’s children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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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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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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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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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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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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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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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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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 wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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Every man prays in his own language.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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