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
two numbers
Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
numbers never-quit never-forget
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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.
american-musician
You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
american-musician art
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
white house wish
Of the One O'Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: "I wish it were mine".
kings son night
I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King's son.
chance problem
Problems are chances for us to do our best.
art modern modern-art
The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern' art. What is more African than a Picasso?
eye arms mines
Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.
new-york dollars cadillacs
New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillacs, and beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses.
wings waiting sound
Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.
music should-have done
Critics get a little carried away with what someone should have done, rather than what he did.
musician problem made
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.