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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.

Duke Ellington

There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Art Intention
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.
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Epitome Music Original Standard
The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
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Contribution Expression Music Myself Problem
New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Hell Music Time
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Dreams Finish Goal
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
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Himself Important Known Listening Musician
I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.
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Association Audience Listening Music Perspective Play
Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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Best Chance Ourselves Problem
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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Freedom Goodness Measurement
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Meaning Yourself
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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Communication Dance Important Myself People
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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Ourselves Selfish Survive Virtue
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?
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Interest Music Problem Yourself

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