Music is my mistress
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“A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.”
“Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.”
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“Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.”
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“New music? Hell, there's been no new music since Stravinsky.”
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“You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.”
“It's like an act of murder - you play with intent to commit something.”
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“There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.”
Source: The Duke Ellington Reader
“Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.”
“Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.”
“Gray skies are just clouds passing over.”
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“The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.”
“What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?”
“There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1.”
“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.”
“There is no art when one does something without intention.”
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