Duke ellington
It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.
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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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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
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You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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A man is a god in ruins.
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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A problem is your chance to do your best.
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