Simplicity is a most complex form.
DUKE ELLINGTONWithout a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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I don’t believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the U.S.A. you are referring to categories again.
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There is no art without intention.
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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where the borderline lies between between classical music and jazz. I feel there is no boundary line
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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”.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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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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A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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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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