A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere is no art when one does something without intention.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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There is no art without intention.
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The artist must say it without saying it.
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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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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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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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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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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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Critics have their purposes, 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 they did.
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New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillacs, and beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses.
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