A man is a god in ruins.
Duke Ellington
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
Duke Ellington
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
Duke Ellington
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
Duke Ellington
Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.
Duke Ellington
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
Duke Ellington
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
Duke Ellington
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
Duke Ellington
It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.
Duke Ellington
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
Duke Ellington
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
Duke Ellington
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
Duke Ellington
Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
Duke Ellington
Roaming through the jungle of "oohs" and "ahs," searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.
Duke Ellington
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
Duke Ellington
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
Duke Ellington
You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
Duke Ellington
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Type:
Musician
Date of Birth:
1899-04-29
Year of Death:
1974
Nationality:
American |
