You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
DUKE ELLINGTONEveryone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Simplicity is a most complex form.
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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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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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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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Every man prays in his own language.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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