Playing op is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

Quote by Duke Ellington

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A problem is your chance to do your best.

A problem is your chance to do your best.

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

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

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

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

Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on...

Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on...

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.

It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous...

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous...

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

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

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money...

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money...

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.

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too...

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too...

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...

On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so...

On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so...

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those...

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those...

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.

You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.