Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
DUKE ELLINGTONI merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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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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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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I’m sure critics have their purpose, and they’re supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what he did.
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The artist must say it without saying it.
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Every man prays in his own language.
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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Critics have their purposes, and they’re supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.
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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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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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Of the One O’Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: “I wish it were mine”.
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