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Duke Quotes

Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win Picture Quote #1

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

Perhaps you’d care for a synonym bun, suggested the duke Picture Quote #1

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock ‘n’ Roll Picture Quote #1

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns Picture Quote #1

Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist’s eye Picture Quote #1

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The Metropole Orchestra is like Count Basie or Duke Ellington with strings... it’s strings that swing. Strings that swing like Dizzy Gillespie... keep swinging, baby. And when you have all of that special excellence of the Metropole Orchestra, then your music just flies - it soars in a way that’s really magical Picture Quote #1

Quincy Jones’ autobiography ‘Q’ is very good. Because he’s a master at music, he’s one of our greatest composers, and its good for him to have a book and tell the good ole days when he was with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles Picture Quote #1

It’s a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter 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

As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke Picture Quote #1

Duke Ellington had a song, What Am I Here For? - this is what being pro-life is Picture Quote #1

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At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington Picture Quote #1

For the surf idol Duke Kahanamoku portrait, which I created for the Surfrider Foundation, I took a photo from a book cover and abstracted the photo image into a drawing. This drawing was laminated onto a surfboard and auctioned to a buyer Picture Quote #1

I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don’t Picture Quote #1

I went to Duke, which is... a Top Five school. Not community college. But whatever Picture Quote #1

There is a woman named Wendy Wood, who did a study when she was at Duke, and she followed around college students to try to figure out how much of their day was decision-making versus how much was habit. And what she found was that about 45 percent of all the behaviors that someone did in a day was habit Picture Quote #1

For clothes, I like Anna on Regent’s Park Road. Anna Park, who owns it, has an amazing eye for fresh, exciting clothes. I also love Arrogant Cat on Kensington Church Street. Space NK on Duke of York Square for exciting potions. I think I stretch the term ‘tester’ way beyond its boundaries Picture Quote #1

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He had a way with him. Before you had a chance to say no, he was there and done. That only happened to me once before, with a duke, who literally swept me off my feet, and before I knew what was happening, we’d done it. Another terrible mistake Picture Quote #1

I’ve actually started a number of businesses in my career. So I’m 28 currently, but when I was about 16, I started building Websites, and that’s how I put myself through school. I went to Duke with a degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, and then to Princeton Picture Quote #1

You always come back to Duke Ellington - he’s kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to lots of jazz, actually Picture Quote #1

[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington’s band, but that’s now impossible Picture Quote #1

It’s like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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

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 Picture Quote #1

I listen to tons of hard rock and metal, like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, etc., but I also listen to Beethoven and Mozart, to Discharge and the Bad Brains, and to Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. So I think there’s merit to both the melodic punk and to the hardcore stuff too Picture Quote #1

I grew up a Baptist and went to seminary at Methodist school, Duke University, but I also don’t worry too much about denominations. I love what John Wesley said - If our hearts are together, let’s not worry about whether our heads are together. If our hearts are together, then let’s joins hands. So, I try to do that regardless of denominations Picture Quote #1

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Every issue, the characters and I duke it out. They usually win (Duke Quotes) When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause (Duke Quotes) Perhaps you’d care for a synonym bun, suggested the duke (Duke Quotes) [Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Duke Quotes) Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns (Duke Quotes) Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist’s eye. (Duke Quotes) The Metropole Orchestra is like Count Basie or Duke Ellington with strings... it’s strings that swing. Strings that swing like Dizzy Gillespie... keep swinging, baby. And when you have all of that special excellence of the Metropole Orchestra, then your music just flies - it soars in a way that’s really magical. (Duke Quotes) Quincy Jones’ autobiography ‘Q’ is very good. Because he’s a master at music, he’s one of our greatest composers, and its good for him to have a book and tell the good ole days when he was with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles. (Duke Quotes) It’s a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. (Duke 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 Quotes) As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke. (Duke Quotes) Duke Ellington had a song, What Am I Here For? - this is what being pro-life is. (Duke Quotes) At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington. (Duke Quotes) For the surf idol Duke Kahanamoku portrait, which I created for the Surfrider Foundation, I took a photo from a book cover and abstracted the photo image into a drawing. This drawing was laminated onto a surfboard and auctioned to a buyer. (Duke Quotes) I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don’t. (Duke Quotes) I went to Duke, which is... a Top Five school. Not community college. But whatever. (Duke Quotes) There is a woman named Wendy Wood, who did a study when she was at Duke, and she followed around college students to try to figure out how much of their day was decision-making versus how much was habit. And what she found was that about 45 percent of all the behaviors that someone did in a day was habit. (Duke Quotes) For clothes, I like Anna on Regent’s Park Road. Anna Park, who owns it, has an amazing eye for fresh, exciting clothes. I also love Arrogant Cat on Kensington Church Street. Space NK on Duke of York Square for exciting potions. I think I stretch the term ‘tester’ way beyond its boundaries. (Duke Quotes) He had a way with him. Before you had a chance to say no, he was there and done. That only happened to me once before, with a duke, who literally swept me off my feet, and before I knew what was happening, we’d done it. Another terrible mistake. (Duke Quotes) I’ve actually started a number of businesses in my career. So I’m 28 currently, but when I was about 16, I started building Websites, and that’s how I put myself through school. I went to Duke with a degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, and then to Princeton. (Duke Quotes) You always come back to Duke Ellington - he’s kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to lots of jazz, actually. (Duke Quotes) [I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington’s band, but that’s now impossible. (Duke 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 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 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 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 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 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 Quotes) I listen to tons of hard rock and metal, like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, etc., but I also listen to Beethoven and Mozart, to Discharge and the Bad Brains, and to Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. So I think there’s merit to both the melodic punk and to the hardcore stuff too. (Duke Quotes) I grew up a Baptist and went to seminary at Methodist school, Duke University, but I also don’t worry too much about denominations. I love what John Wesley said - If our hearts are together, let’s not worry about whether our heads are together. If our hearts are together, then let’s joins hands. So, I try to do that regardless of denominations. (Duke Quotes)

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