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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.

Duke Ellington

People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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People Retirement
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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Death Hide Place Walk
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Herself Mistress Music Play
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
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
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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Bad Category Goodness Listening Stop
Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.
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Creation Instinct Past Thinking
Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Alive Fans Himself Suspect
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
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
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Best Chance Problem Yourself
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
New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Hell Music Time

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