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
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You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
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Critics get a little carried away with what someone should have done, rather than what he did.
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The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
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Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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It's like an act of murder-you play with intent to commit something.
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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.
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New music? Hell, there's been no new music since Stravinsky.
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Roaming through the jungle of "Ohs" 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.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!