Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellingtonwas an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth29 April 1899
CountryUnited States of America
Duke Ellington quotes about
years san-francisco community
San Francisco is one of the great cultural plateaus of the world - one of the really urbane communities in the United States - one of the truly cosmopolitan places and for many, many years, it always has had a warm welcome for human beings from all over the world
successful two yardsticks
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.
music play murder
It's like an act of murder-you play with intent to commit something.
sweet littles dirt
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
taste belief be-true-to-yourself
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
travel sugar boards
Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem.
knees i-can has-beens
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
beauty dolls satin
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
needs deadline time-of-need
I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!
loss musical financial
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
music adversity sky
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
music missing playing-jazz
Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
needs deadline time-of-need
I don't need time, I need a deadline.
jazz barometer
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.