Words matter. These are the best Duke Ellington Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
A man is a god in ruins.
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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.
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.
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
There are two kinds of worries – those you can do something about and those you can’t. Don’t spend any time on the latter.
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
You’ve got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
