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31 ordspråk av Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington föddes den 29 april 1899 och dog den 24 maj 1974 - One of the originators of big band jazz.
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master

Roaming through the jungle of "oohs" 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.

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.

My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of -- or reincarnated from -- royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God.

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

The Europeans who went to Africa came back with "modern' art. What is more African than a Picasso?

A problem is your chance to do your best.

American Music, Texas Style.

in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.

Willow Weep for Me.

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.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master

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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