A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
DUKE ELLINGTONIt’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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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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Every man prays in his own language.
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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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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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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!
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn’t do nothing.
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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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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern’ art. What is more African than a Picasso?
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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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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You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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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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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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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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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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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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