Best Duke Ellington Quotes
- Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare. Entrance
- Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand. Doe
- Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it. Dirt
- A musical profit outweighs a financial loss. Financial
- 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 Hill… Aboard
- The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern' art. What is more African than a Picasso? Africa
- You've got to find a way of saying it without saying it. Find
- Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else. Inspirational
- A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside. Beauty
- Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct. Creation
- New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillacs, and beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their… Beggar
- Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. Limited
- The wise musicians are those who play what they can master. Inspiring
- A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Adversity
- I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. Acting
- 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. Any
- 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… Carried
- By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with. Associate
- Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. Fame
- Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees. Been
- People do not retire. They are retired by others. Age
- It's like an act of murder-you play with intent to commit something. Act
- It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where… Alley
- Roaming through the jungle of "Ohs" and "Ahs" searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a… Agreeable
- Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion. Compulsion
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