There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
DUKE ELLINGTONI 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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Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
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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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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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There is no art without intention.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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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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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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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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