It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Quincy Jones' autobiography 'Q' is very good. Because he's a master at music, he's one of our greatest composers, and its good… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I lived in the Caribbean when I was a teenager, so I learned about Salsa and Cha-Cha and all these Latin Afro-Cuban… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
We work so hard on our craft, and once we get out of Duke Ellington, there are not going to be people… — Corey Hawkins Copy Share Image
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I want people to feel what it was like in the '40s. That's when popular music in the United States was so… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well. — Bryan Ferry Copy Share Image
My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you,… — Kenny Burrell Copy Share Image
So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
When I was young, I never bought records because my brother Joseph played saxophone and had a record player. I loved listening… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Indeed we have souls. And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think I go with the Duke Ellington view on music. He said, 'There's two kinds of music - there's good music,… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band… — Herbert Copy Share Image
You know, I always when people ask me, like, what is my most favorite song, I quote Duke Ellington, when they would… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good. — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
“We have heard the stories: Duke Ellington would say, “I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington.… — Boris Vian Copy Share Image
I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with… — Maynard Ferguson Copy Share Image
