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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.

Duke Ellington

Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Alive Fans Himself Suspect
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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Art Interest Money Music
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Music Sing Song Sweet
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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Knowledge Master Musician
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
Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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Lazy Limitation Procrastination
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
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
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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Association Kind Man 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
Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where the borderline lies between between classical music and jazz. I feel there is no boundary line
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Beginning Boundary Classical Decision Difficult Lying
Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Either you have it or you haven’t; there’s no proof of it.
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Evidence Love Myself Yourself

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