Duke Ellington Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- Duke Ellington (random)
- Books & Videos:
- Duke Ellington Books & Videos
- Type:
- Musician
- Nationality:
- American
- Birth Date / Year:
- April 29, 1899
- Death Date / Year:
- May 24, 1974
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A man is a god in ruins. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
- 2
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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A problem is your chance to do your best. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
- 5
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
- 9
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
- 10
It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
- 13
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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People do not retire. They are retired by others. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
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You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it. Duke Ellington | Refcard PDF ↑
