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Duke Ellington Quotes: Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
         

Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.


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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1.



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Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.



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

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



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



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The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.



If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!

If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!



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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.



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



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



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

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Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.



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However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies.



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Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it.



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