Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
DUKE ELLINGTONEverybody 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.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern’ art. What is more African than a Picasso?
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Every man prays in his own language.
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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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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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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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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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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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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There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!
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