A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
DUKE ELLINGTONThe wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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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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Every man prays in his own language.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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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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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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The artist must say it without saying it.
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What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
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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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I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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There is no art without intention.
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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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