Duke Ellington Quotes about Children

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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

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.

Duke Ellington

Dog, Children, Honesty

Duke Ellington (1973). “Music is my mistress”, Doubleday Books

Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

Duke Ellington

Children, Honesty, Miracle

Mark Tucker, Duke Ellington (1995). “The Duke Ellington Reader”, p.371, Oxford Paperbacks

Roaming through the jungle of "Ohs" and "Ahs", searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.

Duke Ellington

Music, Children, Mind

"Music Is My Mistress". Book by Duke Ellington, 1973.

Duke Ellington Quotes about Children

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