Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want … - Duke Ellington

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I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude.

Duke Ellington

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

Art, Attractions, Dangerous, Jazz, Want

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In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at any time I was in the throes of debate with myself, harmonically or melodically, I would turn to Billy Strayhorn. We would talk, and then the whole world would come into focus. The steady hand of his good judgment pointed to the clear way that was fitting for us. He was not, as he was often referred to by many, my alter ego. Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.

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People do not retire. They are retired by others.

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San Francisco is one of the great cultural plateaus of the world - one of the really urbane communities in the United States - one of the truly cosmopolitan places and for many, many years, it always has had a warm welcome for human beings from all over the world

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Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.

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Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

Children, Honesty, Miracle, Thrown, Time, Understood

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