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Famous Duke Ellington Quotes
“It's like an act of murder - you play with intent to commit something.”
“There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.”
“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.”
“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 is no art when one does something without intention.”
“Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.”
“There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.”
“The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.”
“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
“Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.”