Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
DUKE ELLINGTONI merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Simplicity is a most complex form.
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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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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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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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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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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 wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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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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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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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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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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