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"If it sounds good, it IS good." Duke Ellington Quotes
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington also known simply as the Duke, was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader.
| | There's two kinds of music: good and bad. I like both. |
| | A problem is a chance for you to do your best. |
| | Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. |
| | By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with. |
| | Gray skies are just clouds passing over. |
| | I live with music. |
| | I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. |
| | I'm a telephone freak, the greatest invention since peanut brittle. |
| | Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. |
| | My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never. |
| | Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees. |
| | Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone. |
| | The wise musicians are those who play what they can master. |
| | There is no art when one does something without intention. |
| | You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it. |
| | Playing "Bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing. |
| | Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. |
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