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Duke Ellington Quotes
![[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington’s band, but that’s now impossible Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/959/958396/958396.webp "[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington’s band, but that’s now impossible Picture Quote #1")
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![I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers] Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/959/958401/958401.webp "I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers] Picture Quote #1")
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Duke Ellington had a song, What Am I Here For? - this is what being pro-life is. (Duke Ellington Quotes)
[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington’s band, but that’s now impossible. (Duke Ellington Quotes)
It’s like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good. (Duke Ellington Quotes)
Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging -- but that weren’t sweet. (Duke Ellington Quotes)
My inspiration comes from the message Duke Ellington gave - you are unique, be yourself, put out that thing that is you, then use your work ethic and produce great music. (Duke Ellington Quotes)
I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his elegance. The Duke then came backstage, and I was there with my band. That’s the one thing I miss. (Duke Ellington Quotes)
I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great place because it hired us, for one thing, at a time when it was really rough [for Black performers]. (Duke Ellington Quotes)
The musicians, Duke Ellington, his thing was not about separating himself from the rest of America. Louis Armstrong - go to the forefathers of our music - Jelly Roll Morton - they’re not preaching a separatist agenda. They’re not taking their music and saying, This is for me. (Duke Ellington Quotes)
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master (Duke Ellington Quotes)
You’ve got to find some way of saying it without saying it (Duke Ellington Quotes)
Simplicity is a most complex form (Duke Ellington Quotes)
A problem is your chance to do your best (Duke Ellington Quotes)
It’s like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something (Duke Ellington Quotes)
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one (Duke Ellington Quotes)
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste (Duke Ellington Quotes)
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind (Duke Ellington Quotes)
A goal is a dream with a finish line (Duke Ellington Quotes)
People do not retire. They are retired by others (Duke Ellington Quotes)
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues (Duke Ellington Quotes)
There is no art without intention (Duke Ellington Quotes)
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing (Duke Ellington Quotes)
What does music mean to you? What would you do without music? (Duke Ellington Quotes)
I don’t need time, I need a deadline (Duke Ellington Quotes)
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty (Duke Ellington Quotes)
There is no art when one does something without intention (Duke Ellington Quotes)
Every man prays in his own language (Duke Ellington Quotes)
The artist must say it without saying it (Duke Ellington Quotes)
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it (Duke Ellington Quotes)
We aren’t worried about posterity; we want it to sound good right now (Duke Ellington Quotes)
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns (Duke Ellington Quotes)