Duke Ellington Quotes

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Gray skies are just clouds passing over. - Duke Ellington quote.
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
— Duke Ellington

optimistic

I don't write jazz, I write Negro folk music. - Duke Ellington quote.
I don't write jazz, I write Negro folk music.
— Duke Ellington Duke: A Portrait of Duke Ellington

musicians

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline. - Duke Ellington quote.
I don't need time. What I need is a deadline.
— Duke Ellington Duke’s Diary: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950–1974

deadlines musicians

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. - Duke Ellington quote.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
— Duke Ellington

adversity problems doing your best

People don't retire. They are retired by others. - Duke Ellington quote.
People don't retire. They are retired by others.
— Duke Ellington

retirement

Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one. - Duke Ellington quote.
Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.
— Duke Ellington Music is My Mistress

musicians music

Playing bop is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing. - Duke Ellington quote.
Playing bop is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
— Duke Ellington

playing music

By and large ... jazz was like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with. - Duke Ellington quote.
By and large ... jazz was like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
— Duke Ellington in The New York Times Magazine

jazz

Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. - Duke Ellington quote.
Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is.
— Duke Ellington

love

Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
— Duke Ellington Look

jazz