133 Quotes by Duke Ellington

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

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.

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

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.

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.

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