I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
DUKE ELLINGTONThere are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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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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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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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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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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There is no art without intention.
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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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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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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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Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Either you have it or you haven’t; there’s no proof of it.
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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