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title: "2 Fiddle Quotes By Duke Ellington"
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> [Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/music-is-my-mistress-and-she-plays-second-fiddle-to-no-one/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/duke-ellington-7513_fiddle_music-is-my-mistress-and-she-plays-secon_70734.jpg)

> [If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original. ... I merely took the energy it takes to pout…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/if-anybody-was-mr-jazz-it-was-louis-armstrong-he-was-the-epitome-of/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/650/duke-ellington-7513_armstrong_if-anybody-was-mr-jazz-it-was-louis-arms_230107.jpg)

## Other authors on Fiddle

## More by Duke Ellington

> [New music? Hell, there's been no new music since Stravinsky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/new-music-hell-there-s-been-no-new-music-since-stravinsky/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/jazz-today-as-always-in-the-past-is-a-matter-of-thoughtful-creation/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/the-most-important-thing-i-look-for-in-a-musician-is-whether-he-knows/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/music-is-my-mistress-and-she-plays-second-fiddle-to-no-one/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [The common root, of course, comes out of Africa. That's the pulse.The African pulse. It's all the way back from . . . the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/the-common-root-of-course-comes-out-of-africa-that-s-the-pulse-the/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/love-is-supreme-and-unconditional-like-is-nice-but-limited/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/the-problem-of-expressing-the-contributions-that-benny-carter-has/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/if-anybody-was-mr-jazz-it-was-louis-armstrong-he-was-the-epitome-of/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/jazz-is-a-good-barometer-of-freedom/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/i-merely-took-the-energy-it-takes-to-pout-and-wrote-some-blues/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [The artist must say it without saying it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/the-artist-must-say-it-without-saying-it/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [Problems are chances for us to do our best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/problems-are-chances-for-us-to-do-our-best/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [“New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillac's, and the beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/new-york-is-a-place-where-the-rich-walk-the-poor-drive-cadillac-s-and/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/hurry-get-on-board-it-s-comin-listen-to-those-rails-a-thrumming-all/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

> [Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/everybody-in-canada-seemed-to-listen-to-what-they-enjoyed-and-nobody/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

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