A goal is a dream with a finish line.
DUKE ELLINGTONSimplicity is a most complex form.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Every man prays in his own language.
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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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Simplicity is a most complex form.
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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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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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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The artist must say it without saying it.
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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 merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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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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There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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