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Duke Ellington Quotes

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause Picture Quote #1

Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare Picture Quote #1

A musical profit outweighs a financial loss Picture Quote #1

You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it Picture Quote #1

Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else Picture Quote #1

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington Picture Quote #1

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Jazz was like the kind of man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with Picture Quote #1

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it Picture Quote #1

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees Picture Quote #1

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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone Picture Quote #1

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion Picture Quote #1

Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Either you have it or you haven’t; there’s no proof of it Picture Quote #1

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen Picture Quote #1

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well Picture Quote #1

I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right Picture Quote #1

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There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money! Picture Quote #1

Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves Picture Quote #1

There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it’s successful; if it doesn’t it has failed Picture Quote #1

Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct Picture Quote #1

I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people’s tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known Picture Quote #1

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When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause (Duke Ellington Quotes) Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare (Duke Ellington Quotes) A musical profit outweighs a financial loss (Duke Ellington Quotes) You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it (Duke Ellington Quotes) Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else (Duke Ellington Quotes) A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington Quotes) Jazz was like the kind of man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with (Duke Ellington Quotes) Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it (Duke Ellington Quotes) Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young (Duke Ellington Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees (Duke Ellington Quotes) There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone (Duke Ellington Quotes) Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion (Duke Ellington Quotes) Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Either you have it or you haven’t; there’s no proof of it (Duke Ellington Quotes) The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen (Duke Ellington Quotes) I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well (Duke Ellington Quotes) I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right (Duke Ellington Quotes) There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money! (Duke Ellington Quotes) Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves (Duke Ellington Quotes) There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it’s successful; if it doesn’t it has failed (Duke Ellington Quotes) Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct (Duke Ellington Quotes) I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people’s tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known (Duke Ellington Quotes)

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