Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he has made them available to the world through his orchestrations of his work in a unique way. Lastly,… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
Sometimes go around with guys who are scuffling -- for awhile. But usually they end up marrying some cat with a factory. This is the way world ends, not with a whim but a banker. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works. I'm trying to get the record that I made at my… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90.… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
At Guildhall Id sneak into a rehearsal room, play a jazz tune by Art Tatum or something, and a professor would say, Stop playing… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune… — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
