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• 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
• Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging --… — Miles Davis
• There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington.… — Boris Vian
• My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you,… — Kenny Burrell
• There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film… — Randy Weston
• When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause. — Ruth Brown
• At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks too Duke Ellington. — Miles Davis
• If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good. — Norman Granz
• A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington. — David Amram
• ...he went into the sitting room, put on a Duke Ellington record he had bought after seeing Gene Hackman sitting on the… — Jo Nesbo
• It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max… — Abbey Lincoln
• 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

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