I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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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I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
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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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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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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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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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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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