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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.

Duke Ellington

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
DUKE ELLINGTON

Art Dangerous Oneself 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
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Doll Herself Pretty Woman
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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Freedom Goodness Measurement
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
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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Cloud Pass Sky
The artist must say it without saying it.
DUKE ELLINGTON

Artist Language
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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People Retirement
There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!
DUKE ELLINGTON

Money Myself Pay Togetherness
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.
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Epitome Music Original Standard
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Entrance Sound Wings
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Music Sing Song Sweet
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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Best Chance Problem Yourself
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing
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.
DUKE ELLINGTON

Appearance Interest Myself Realize Right
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
DUKE ELLINGTON

Knowledge Master Musician

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