Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Quote by Joni Mitchell

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At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm...

At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm...

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the...

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and...

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and...

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I hate show business.

I hate show business.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be...

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...