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Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and independence through which, eventually, jazz was evolved, and the music is so free that many people say it is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.

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

- Duke Ellington

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

- Duke Ellington

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

- Duke Ellington

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!

- Duke Ellington

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

- Duke Ellington

A goal is a dream with a finish line.

- Duke Ellington

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.

- Duke Ellington

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

- Duke Ellington

Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and indepen…

- Duke Ellington
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