Duke Ellington

"Time flies when you're doing what you love."

"Freedom is the right to be yourself."

"The heart is the compass that guides us."

"In silence, we hear the most important truths."

"The world is changed by those who dare to dream."

"Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey."

"Your voice matters more than you know."

"The greatest power is the power of love."

"Life is the greatest art form of all."

"A problem is your chance to do your best."

"There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind."

"The main thing to do is swing, that's the principal thing."

"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues."

"Playing is like love. When it's real, you know it."

"Do nothing unless it means something to you."

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

"You can always rely on the fact that if you believe in something long enough, dream about it long enough, work hard enough, you will achieve it."

"Life is very precious and when you get to be an older man, you realize that your time is limited."

"There's hardly anything on this earth that some man can't make a little worse and sell a little cheaper."

"I see something, then I act or react. That's what I do every day."

"The cotton club would never feature us, but we created it."

"Every man prays in his own language, and there is no language that God does not understand."

"All music is folk music. I have not heard the horse yet that could sing folk songs."

"I don't need time, I need only the clock."

"Justice is whatever we decide it shall be."

"Love is indescribable and it's also unforgettable."

"Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever lived because people fail to see her depths."

"The bandstand is the physical space where music happens, but the composition happens in the heart."

"I like all kinds of music. I guess I'm not so stupid as to think just one kind."

"We are happier in many ways when we are obviously striving for something."