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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.

Duke Ellington

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing
What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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Important Meaning Music Yourself
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
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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Carry Criticism Focus Purpose Thinking
Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.
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Ourselves Selfish Survive Virtue
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Best Chance Problem Yourself
There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!
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Money Myself Pay Togetherness
There is no art without intention.
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Art Creation Creativity Intention One Liner
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
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Discipline Value Virtue
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
The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
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Contribution Expression Music Myself Problem
I’m sure critics have their purpose, 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 he did.
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Concern Criticism Himself Purpose Thinking

Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.

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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.

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