Duke Ellington Quotes

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

I don't need time, I need a deadline.

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.

New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillac's, and the beggars die of malnutrit...

Love is supreme and unconditional like is nice but limited.

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.