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
successful two yardsticks
There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it's successful; if it doesn't it has failed.
play two mistress
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original. ... I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. ... I don't need time, I need a deadline. ...There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind. ... Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.
two numbers
Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
inspirational two worry
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.
music two jazz
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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.