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Duke Ellington

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
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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People Retirement
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Beautiful Music Reflection
Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
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
I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Limitation Myself Time
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
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
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Meaning Yourself
There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Art Intention
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of – or reincarnated from – royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God.
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Blessing Human Inheritance Mom Myself Royalty
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule

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