"I began by tinkering around with some old……" — Duke Ellington

I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then,… - Duke Ellington

"I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to putting some music to the rhythm that I used in jerking ice-cream sodas at the Poodle Dog. I fooled around with the tune more and more until at last, lo and behold, I had completed my first piece of finished music."

— Duke Ellington

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