Duke Ellington

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone. ”

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. ”

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. ”

On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine. ”

Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did. ”

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter. ”