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”.
DUKE ELLINGTONOf the One O’Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: “I wish it were mine”.
More Duke Ellington Quotes
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A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
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You’ve got to find a way of saying it without saying it.
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I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
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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.
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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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