Quote by Duke Ellington
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master. - Duke

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master. – Duke Ellington

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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you dont want it. – Duke Ellington

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It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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Music is a friend of labor for it lightens the task by refreshing the nerves and spirit of the worker. – William Green

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Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. Its the image, not what you sing. – Rod Stewart

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There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience. – Paul Hindemith

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