"Dancing is very important to people who play……" — Duke Ellington
"Dancing is very important to people who play music with a beat. I think that people who don't dance, or who never did dance, don't really understand the beat... I know musicians who don't and never did dance, and they have difficulty communicating."
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Duke Ellington
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71 Quotes by Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington has 71 quotes on this site.
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I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to…
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing.
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If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He…
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If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He…
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I don't need time, I need a deadline.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.
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I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!
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The word [jazz] never lost its association with those New Orleans bordellos. In the 1920s I used to try to…
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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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I like any and all of my associations with music -writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our…
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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More Beat Quotes
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one of 2,656 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
— Edward Abbey
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I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had…
— Tyra Banks
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Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.
— Javier Bardem
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If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.
— Charles Barkley
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Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.
— Mario Batali
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The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single…
— Mary McLeod Bethune
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One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
— Josh Billings
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As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part.
— Juliette Binoche
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I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So…
— Larry Bird
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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
— Mary J. Blige
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Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are…
— William J. H. Boetcker
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
— Mel Brooks
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