It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Every man prays in his own language.
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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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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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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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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There is no art without intention.
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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of – or reincarnated from – royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God.
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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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Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.
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