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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.

Duke Ellington

If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Feeling Music Sound
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Discipline Value Virtue
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Music Sing Song Sweet
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
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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Believe Black Kind White Yourself
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
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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Epitome Music Original Standard
Of the One O’Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: “I wish it were mine”.
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Hear Myself Performance
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Missing Play
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Limitation Myself Time
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
Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don’t dance, or who never did dance, don’t really understand the beat. I know musicians who don’t and never did dance, and they have difficulty communicating.
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Communication Dance Important Myself People
If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
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Greatness Mediocre Musician Yourself

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.

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