“You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.” ListeningMusic IsCategories Author:Duke Ellington
“The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.” MadeProblemMusicianMusic IsExtraordinaryContributionCarterPopular Music Author: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 independence through which, eventually, jazz was evolved, and the music is so free that many people say it is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.” PeopleWayCountryStatesAmericaCertainUnitedMusicUnited StatesExpressionMusic IsIdealsIndependenceJazzUnited States Of AmericaBarometerComplete Freedom Author:Duke Ellington
“Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.” PlayWorkMusicMarriageMusic IsJazzMistressJazz MusicPlaying MusicFiddlePlaying Jazz Author:Duke Ellington
“If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original. ... I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. ... I don't need time, I need a deadline. ...There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind. ... Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.” IfsNeedsKindTwoPlayEnergyMusic IsStandardsOriginalsJazzSongwritingMistressDeadlineTime Of NeedArmstrongFiddleEpitome Author:Duke Ellington
