"Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides concrete examples of some of the best ways to present the music in the widest variety of settings-radio, TV, recordings, movies, concert halls, festivals, solo, small ensemble, big band, symphony orchestra, opera, Broadway shows.... You name it, he did it!"

-- Billy Taylor

#Names Quotes #Careers Quotes #Symphony Quotes

“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.”
“Go and don't come back, you can take the catmint. I have no quarrel with ThunderClan; I don't want to see cats suffer, whatever you might think. Just be careful you don't end up like a bully like your kin, Tigerstar.”
“I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.”
“To be an actor you have to be a child.”
“Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.”
“In the end, it's not what we keep our children from that will save them. It's what we put into them in the first place.”
“My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who are bigger than you then you have to learn the ancient martial art of sarcasm.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.”

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