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Of the One O’Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: “I wish it were mine”.

Duke Ellington

Of the One O’Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: “I wish it were mine”.
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Hear Myself Performance
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Feeling Music Sound
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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Famous Fate Kindness Myself Young
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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People Retirement
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Doll Herself Pretty Woman
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Herself Mistress Music Play
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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Art Dangerous Oneself Yourself
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Missing Play
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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Limitation Love
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Meaning Yourself
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
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Appearance Interest Myself Realize Right
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
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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Bad Category Goodness Listening Stop

Of the One O’Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: “I wish it were mine”.

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