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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Playing 'Bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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If it sounds good, it IS good.
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There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it's successful; if it doesn't it has failed.
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Roaming through the jungle of 'oohs' and 'ahs,' searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).
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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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Every man prays in his own language.