By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
DUKE ELLINGTONYou’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Critics have their purposes, 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 they did.
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There is no art without intention.
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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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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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