Duke Ellington Quote by Benjamin Smith Download Open image ““A problem is a chance for you to do your best.' - Duke Ellington”” — Benjamin Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Duke Ellington
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He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army,… — Benjamin Smith Copy Share Image
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I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington had a song, "What Am I Here For?" - this is what being pro-life is. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Is there one blues guy who was the most sophisticated and influential, like Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong in jazz? Was it Muddy Waters,… — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
The musicians, Duke Ellington, his thing was not about separating himself from the rest of America. Louis Armstrong - go to the forefathers of… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
...he went into the sitting room, put on a Duke Ellington record he had bought after seeing Gene Hackman sitting on the overnight bus… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington's band, but that's now impossible. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The Metropole Orchestra is like Count Basie or Duke Ellington with strings... it's strings that swing. Strings that swing like Dizzy Gillespie... keep swinging,… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks too Duke Ellington. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also a lot… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
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