Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
DUKE ELLINGTONProblems are chances for us to do our best.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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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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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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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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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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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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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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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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There is no art without intention.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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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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