There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
DUKE ELLINGTONThe wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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The artist must say it without saying it.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
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Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.
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On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don’t dance, or who never did dance, don’t really understand the beat. I know musicians who don’t and never did dance, and they have difficulty communicating.
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