The wise musicians are those who play what they can master

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.

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

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

Roaming through the jungle of oohs and ahs, searching for a more agreeable noise, I...

Roaming through the jungle of oohs and ahs, searching for a more agreeable noise, I...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

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

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

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...

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

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