There is no art without intention.
DUKE ELLINGTONYou’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Every man prays in his own language.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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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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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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Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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