A Quote by Ruth Brown

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.

Ruth Brown

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Ruth Brown
American - Musician
January 12, 1928 - November 17, 2006

As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.

B. B. King

I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his elegance. The Duke then came backstage, and I was there with my band. That's the one thing I miss.

Maynard Ferguson

Prince got some Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix and Sly in him, also, even Little Richard. He's a mixture of all those guys and Duke Ellington.

Miles Davis

My teachers are Duke Ellington and nature.

Toru Takemitsu

It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter.

Abbey Lincoln

I hated Duke, and I hated everything Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me.

Jalen Rose

Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.

Clark Terry

For me, Duke was personal. I hated Duke and I hated everything I felt Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn’t recruit players like me. I felt like they only recruited players who were Uncle Toms.

Jalen Rose

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.

Miles Davis

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.

Bryan Ferry

Duke Ellington had a song, "What Am I Here For?" - this is what being pro-life is.

Nat Hentoff

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

Lawrence Welk

You can tell by the applause: There's perfunctory applause, there's light applause, and then there's real applause. When it's right, applause sounds like vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.

Skitch Henderson

I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman and think this is the music. Now that music is art. Ellington is art. At that time it was just what you heard on the radio. Cole Porter was just a guy who wrote pretty songs and Billie Holliday would sing them.

Woody Allen

My father was incredible on trumpet and played with the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

Jeffrey Osborne

I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.

Barack Obama

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