"Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in…" — Duke Ellington
"Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it."
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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 Dirt Quotes
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In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
— Margaret Atwood
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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is…
— Alfred Austin
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I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
— Jo Brand
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'Dirt Road Diaries,' in my mind, is a perfect country guy song. It speaks to the hard-working guy, and I'm…
— Luke Bryan
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I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.
— Luke Bryan
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I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with…
— James Caan
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Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve. One man,…
— Kirk Cameron
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I like owning dirt. You know, I spent a lot of time broke when I moved to California. So deep…
— George Clooney
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Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a…
— Chuck Close
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I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.
— Paul Anka
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Paul never developed a negative attitude. He picked his bloody body up out of the dirt and went back into…
— John Hagee
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Through years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
— Jack Nicklaus
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