Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
DUKE ELLINGTONWithout a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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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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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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