There is no art when one does something without intention.
DUKE ELLINGTONIt don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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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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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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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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I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
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New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillacs, and beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses.
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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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