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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

You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
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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Carry Criticism Focus Purpose Thinking
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion.
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Live Music Myself Occupation Profession
I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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Finding Himself Man Request
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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Lazy Limitation Procrastination
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Herself Mistress Music Play
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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Children Communication God Honesty Miracle Time
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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Bond Friendship Myself Right
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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Limitation Love
I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Limitation Myself Time
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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Appearance Interest Myself Realize Right
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
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Limitation Myself Time
Everybody 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.
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Country Enjoyment Listening Popular

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