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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.

Duke Ellington

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 don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Limitation Myself Time
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Forget Inspirational Life Rule
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
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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Limitation Love
If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
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Greatness Mediocre Musician Yourself
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
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Association Kind Man Yourself
New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillacs, and beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses.
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Death Hide Place Walk
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Discipline Value Virtue
There is no art without intention.
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Art Creation Creativity Intention One Liner
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
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
The artist must say it without saying it.
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Artist Language
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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Bad Category Goodness Listening Stop
You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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Finding Silence Way Yourself

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