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I began by tinkering around w...

I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to putting some music to the rhythm that I used in jerking ice-cream sodas at the Poodle Dog. I fooled around with the tune more and more until at last, lo and behold, I had completed my first piece of finished music.

Duke Ellington 99 quotes

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it wa...

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original. ... I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. ... I don't need time, I need a deadline. ...There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind. ... Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.

Duke Ellington 99 quotes

Every man prays in his own la...

Every man prays in his own language.

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Music is the tonal reflection...

Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.

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Selfishness can be a virtue. ...

Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.

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Everybody in Canada seemed to...

Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.

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Dancing is very important to ...

Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don't dance, or who never did dance, don't really understand the beat... I know musicians who don't and never did dance, and they have difficulty communicating.

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There are two kinds of music....

There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.

Duke Ellington 99 quotes

I never had much interest in ...

I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.

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I like any and all of my asso...

I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.

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There is nothing to keeping a...

There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!

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It's like an act of murder - ...

It's like an act of murder - you play with intent to commit something.

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My mother told me I was bless...

My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of - or reincarnated from - royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God.

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Yet, every time God's childre...

Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

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San Francisco is one of the g...

San Francisco is one of the great cultural plateaus of the world - one of the really urbane communities in the United States - one of the truly cosmopolitan places and for many, many years, it always has had a warm welcome for human beings from all over the world

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I don't need time, I need a d...

I don't need time, I need a deadline.

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There is no art when one does...

There is no art when one does something without intention.

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If it sounds good and feels g...

If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!

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My biggest kick in music -pla...

My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?

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You have to stop listening in ...

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....