Duke Ellington Quotes about Jazz
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
Mark Tucker, Duke Ellington (1995). “The Duke Ellington Reader”, p.326, Oxford Paperbacks
Mark Tucker, Duke Ellington (1995). “The Duke Ellington Reader”, p.295, Oxford Paperbacks
It's like an act of murder - you play with intent to commit something.
New York Herald Tribune, July 09, 1961.