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Browse top 26 most favorite famous quotes and sayings by Duke Ellington.

Favorite Duke Ellington Quotes

1. "I don't need time, I need a deadline." ~ Duke Ellington
2. "People do not retire. They are retired by others." ~ Duke Ellington
3. "A man is a god in ruins." ~ Duke Ellington
4. "It doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing" ~ Duke Ellington
5. "There are 2 rules in life:Number 1- Never quitNumber2- Never forget rule number 1." ~ Duke Ellington
6. "Music is the tonal reflection of beauty." ~ Duke Ellington
7. "If it sounds good, it IS good." ~ Duke Ellington
8. "Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one." ~ Duke Ellington
9. "You can't write music right unless you know how the man that'll play it plays poker." ~ Duke Ellington
10. "Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited." ~ Duke Ellington
11. "Gray skies are just clouds passing over." ~ Duke Ellington
12. "The wise musicians are those who play what they can master." ~ Duke Ellington
13. "A problem is a chance for you to do your best." ~ Duke Ellington
14. "You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it." ~ Duke Ellington
15. "I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues." ~ Duke Ellington
16. "My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never." ~ Duke Ellington
17. "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
18. "Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it." ~ Duke Ellington
19. "By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with." ~ Duke Ellington
20. "A problem is your chance to do your best." ~ Duke Ellington
21. "Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing." ~ Duke Ellington
22. "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
23. "Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young." ~ Duke Ellington
24. "There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone." ~ Duke Ellington
25. "Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees." ~ Duke Ellington
26. "New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillac's, and the beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses." ~ Duke Ellington

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