Composing is like cooking. You taste as you go. - Duke Ellington

"Composing is like cooking. You taste as you go."

Duke Ellington Creativity

Jazz Composer Pianist American 1899–1974

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"Music is my life, it's my soul, it's everything I do in this world."

"Do not fear mistakes. There are none."

"A wise man doesn't give the right answer, he poses the right question."

"There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind."

"When life gives you lemons, make something beautiful."

"Creativity knows no bounds."

"Creativity is the expression of the soul."

"I'm making this up as I go."