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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.

Duke Ellington

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
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it’s successful; if it doesn’t it has failed.
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Failure Kind Music Result Success
I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Limitation Myself Time
On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
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Beginning Learning People Teaching Understand Word
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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Limitation Love
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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Knowledge Master Musician
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Beautiful Music Reflection
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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Live Music Myself Occupation Profession
Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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Be Yourself Effort Hard Work Inspirational Self Love
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
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
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
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule

A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.

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