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
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with. – Duke Ellington
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
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone. – Duke Ellington
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. – Duke Ellington
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don’t want it. – Duke Ellington