Duke Ellington Quotes
Duke Ellington Quotes
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
Duke Ellington
Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.
Duke Ellington
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
Duke Ellington
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
Duke Ellington
On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
Duke Ellington
Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
Duke Ellington
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
Duke Ellington
There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.
Duke Ellington
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
Duke Ellington