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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 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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Money Myself Pay Togetherness
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
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Doll Herself Pretty Woman
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Missing Play
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Dreams Finish Goal
The artist must say it without saying it.
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Artist Language
Simplicity is a most complex form.
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Complex Form Simplicity
I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Limitation Myself Time
Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
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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Concern Criticism Himself Purpose Thinking
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
There are two kinds of worries – those you can do something about and those you can’t. Don’t spend any time on the latter.
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Kind Time Wasted Worry 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
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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Art Dangerous Oneself Yourself

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