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Simplicity is a most complex form


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

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



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.

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.



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

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



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

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!



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

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



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

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



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

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



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

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





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My mouth was dry. Whispers carried on the wind as the maids around me bunched together in small groups, hysterical, morbid. I thought: who will clean the mess?

My mouth was dry. Whispers carried on the wind as the maids around me bunched together in small groups, hysterical, morbid. I thought: who will clean the mess?



Culture with us ends in headache.

Culture with us ends in headache.



I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family.

I'm a lucky person because I've been loved a lot. I have a great family.



The requirements of health, and the style of female attire which custom enjoins, are in direct antagonism to each other.

The requirements of health, and the style of female attire which custom enjoins, are in direct antagonism to each other.



If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can.

If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can.



I've been running a lot, taking care of myself.

I've been running a lot, taking care of myself.



However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.

However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.



But we can trust him Roger, I swear," she said with a final effort,"Because he's Will.

But we can trust him Roger, I swear," she said with a final effort,"Because he's Will.



But you I never understood, Your spirit's secret hides like goldSunk in a Spanish galleon Ages ago in waters cold.

But you I never understood, Your spirit's secret hides like goldSunk in a Spanish galleon Ages ago in waters cold.




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This page presents the quote "Simplicity is a most complex form". Author of this quote is Duke Ellington. This quote is about simplicity, complexes, form,.