Duke Ellington Quotes

His Greatest Virtue, I Think, Was His Honesty--not Only To Others But To Himself...He Demanded Freedom Of Expression And Lived In What We Consider The Most Important Of Moral Freedoms; Freedom From Hate, Unconditionally; Freedom From All Self-pity (even Throughout All The Pain And Bad News); Freedom From Fear Of Possibly Doing Something That Might Help Another More Than It Might Help Himself; And Freedom From That Kind Of Pride That Could Make A Man Feel He Was Better Than His Brother Or Neighbor

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