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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?

Duke Ellington

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
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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Art Interest Money Music
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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Famous Fate Kindness Myself Young
What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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Important Meaning Music Yourself
Yet, every time God’s children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.
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Children Communication God Honesty Miracle Time
Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.
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Bond Friendship Myself Right
There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it’s successful; if it doesn’t it has failed.
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Failure Kind Music Result Success
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
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Herself Mistress Music Play
Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Limitation Myself Time
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
I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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Finding Himself Man Request
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Discipline Value Virtue
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Beautiful Music Reflection

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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