The common root, of course, comes out of Africa. That's the pulse.The African pulse. It's all the way back from . . . the old slave chants and up through the blues, the jazz, and up through rock. And it's all got the African pulse.
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1. - Duke Ellington
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
- Duke Ellington
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen. - Duke Ellington
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion. - Duke Ellington
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.
A goal is a dream with a finish line. - Duke Ellington
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band! - Duke Ellington
If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand. - Duke Ellington
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and indepen… - Duke Ellington
Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and indepen…
Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else. - Duke Ellington
Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. - Duke Ellington
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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