Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
DUKE ELLINGTONWhat does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.
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There is no art without intention.
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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.
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Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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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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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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