Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington: My mother told...

Duke Ellington: My mother told...

My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of -- or reincarnated from --...

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Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean...

Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean...

It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing.

Source: Song Title, 1932.
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Duke Ellington: You've got to...

Duke Ellington: You've got to...

You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.

Source: In Talking...

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Duke Ellington: There are two...

Duke Ellington: There are two...

There are two kinds of worries -- those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the...

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Duke Ellington: Critics have their...

Duke Ellington: Critics have their...

Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away...

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Duke Ellington: On becoming more...

Duke Ellington: On becoming more...

On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught,...

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Duke Ellington: Music is my...

Duke Ellington: Music is my...

Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.

Source: In The...

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Duke Ellington: Create, and be...

Duke Ellington: Create, and be...

Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.

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Duke Ellington: Playing bop is...

Duke Ellington: Playing bop is...

Playing bop is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

Source: In Look,...

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Duke Ellington: People do not...

Duke Ellington: People do not...

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Duke Ellington: The Europeans who...

Duke Ellington: The Europeans who...

The Europeans who went to Africa came back with modern' art. What is more African than a...

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Duke Ellington: Roaming through the...

Duke Ellington: Roaming through the...

Roaming through the jungle of oohs and ahs, searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with...

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Duke Ellington: The common root,...

Duke Ellington: The common root,...

The common root, of course, comes out of Africa. That's the pulse.The African pulse. It's all the way back from . . ....

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Duke Ellington: We aren't worried...

Duke Ellington: We aren't worried...

We aren't worried about posterity; we want it to sound good right now.

Source: In...

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Duke Ellington: Fate is being...

Duke Ellington: Fate is being...

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

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