Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
DUKE ELLINGTONThere are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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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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The artist must say it without saying it.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Simplicity is a most complex form.
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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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Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don’t dance, or who never did dance, don’t really understand the beat. I know musicians who don’t and never did dance, and they have difficulty communicating.
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You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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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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