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All Quotes by author - Duke Ellington

" A man is a god in ruins. "

" A problem is a chance for you to do your best. "

" Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. "

" By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with. "

" Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did. "

" Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. "

" Gray skies are just clouds passing over. "

" I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. "

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

" Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. "

" My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never. "

" Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees. "

" On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine. "

" People do not retire. They are retired by others. "

" Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing. "

" There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter. "

" 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. "

" You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it. "

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