Dukes Quote by Toru Takemitsu

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.

— Ruth Brown

I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his…

— Maynard Ferguson

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.

— Norman Granz

You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to…

— Herbert

My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you, then use…

— Kenny Burrell

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.

— Bryan Ferry

Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.

— Clark Terry

It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met…

— Abbey Lincoln

Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging -- but that…

— Miles Davis

I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great…

— Lena Horne

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks too Duke Ellington.

— Miles Davis

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