All Duke Ellington Quotes
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
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By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
Duke Ellington
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