“I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to putting some music to the rhythm that I used in jerking ice-cream sodas at the Poodle Dog. I fooled around with the tune more and more until at last, lo and behold, I had completed my first piece of finished music.” TryingFirstsDifferentLastsUsedCreativityPiecesDogInnovationFinishedRhythmIceTunesCreative ProcessCreamBe CreativeIce CreamFooledSodaPoodlesInspire CreativityPoodle DogsTinkeringCream Soda Author:Duke Ellington
“The word [jazz] never lost its association with those New Orleans bordellos. In the 1920s I used to try to convince Fletcher Henderson that we ought to call what we were doing 'Negro music'. But it's too late for that now.” TryingUsedLostOughtLateJazzToo LateConvinceAssociationNew Orleans Author:Duke Ellington
“How can anyone expect to be understood unless he presents his thoughts with complete honesty? This situation is unfair because it asks too much of the world. In effect, we say, ' I don't dare show you what I am because I don't trust you for a minute but please love me anyway because I so need you to. And, of course, if you don't love me anyway, you're a dirty dog, just as I suspected, so I was right in the first place.' Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.” IfsWorldNeedsTryingFirstsChildrenShowsCoursesAsksSituationToo MuchHappenedMinutesEffectsDogHonestyPleaseUnderstoodMiracleDareCommunicatePursuitDirtyThrownUnfairNeed YouDon't TrustYou Don't Love MeI Don't Trust YouComplete Honesty Book:Music is my mistress Source: Music is my mistress
“Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.” TryingChildrenHappenedHonestyUnderstoodMiracleCommunicatePursuitThrown Book:The Duke Ellington Reader Source: The Duke Ellington Reader
