If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back.

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.

You’re probably smarter than you present yourself.