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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.

Duke Ellington

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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Appearance Interest Myself Realize Right
Simplicity is a most complex form.
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Complex Form Simplicity
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
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Association Kind Man Yourself
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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Contribution Expression Music Myself Problem
The artist must say it without saying it.
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Artist Language
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Feeling Music Sound
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion.
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Live Music Myself Occupation Profession
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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Country Enjoyment Listening Popular
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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Important Meaning Music Yourself
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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Kind Time Wasted Worry Yourself
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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Freedom Goodness Measurement
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True

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