Duke Ellington Quotes

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

optimistic

I don't write jazz, I write Negro folk music.

musicians

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline.

deadlines musicians

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

adversity problems doing your best

People don't retire. They are retired by others.

retirement

Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.

musicians music

Playing bop is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

playing music

By and large ... jazz was like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

jazz

Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is.

love

Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

jazz