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Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion.

Duke Ellington

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Discipline Value Virtue
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Alive Fans Himself Suspect
My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?
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Interest Music Problem Yourself
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Beautiful Music Reflection
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit
I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Limitation Myself Time
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Feeling Music Sound
New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Hell Music Time
Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don’t dance, or who never did dance, don’t really understand the beat. I know musicians who don’t and never did dance, and they have difficulty communicating.
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Communication Dance Important Myself People
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 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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Association Audience Listening Music Perspective Play

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion.

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