Quote #1
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).
More from Duke Ellington
- Playing 'Bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
- It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.
- Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
- Roaming through the jungle of 'oohs' and 'ahs,' searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child…
- If it sounds good, it IS good.
- There's two kinds of music: good and bad. I like both.
- A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
- Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.