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
kinds spend time worries
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.
agreeable child jungle life mind roaming searching thirst
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.
american-musician chance problem
A problem is your chance to do your best.
american-musician art
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
american-musician
You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
music art opportunity
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
music country expression
Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and independence through which, eventually, jazz was evolved, and the music is so free that many people say it is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.
music occupation live-by
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.
music two jazz
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
canada today brainwash
Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.
rocks roots way
The common root, of course, comes out of Africa. That's the pulse.The African pulse. It's all the way back from . . . the old slave chants and up through the blues, the jazz, and up through rock. And it's all got the African pulse.
music love-is proof
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.
numbers never-quit never-forget
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
listening categories music-is
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.