Quotes of: Duke Keyword

I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play.

Coleman Hawkins

I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.

Coleman Hawkins

I kinda always wanted to be a tenor player, but I'm a small guy, and tenor was just too big.

David Sanborn

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.

Grant Hill

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

David Amram

I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and forward at the same time.

Bill Laswell

There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!

Esperanza Spalding

Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.

Laure Manaudou

Raoul Duke: Hundred and eleven, twenty-two, THREE! [throws a grapefruit at Gonzo's head]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Raoul Duke: Perhaps, if I explained things, he'd rest easy.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Argentinean: It's like; one is a Duke, and the other... [Argentinean falls asleep and falls down stairs]

Moulin Rouge!

Allie: Do you think our love can make miracles? Duke: I do.

The Notebook

All the music that I've made in the past I've believed in. I think some of it has been more commercially successful than others, but it wasn't premeditated.

David Sanborn

I didn't try to think what my audience wanted and then make the music accordingly. I made the music and hoped that as many people liked it as possible.

David Sanborn

I try to do things that keep me interested. And play music that moves me. I like to move around and play in a lot of different ways.

David Sanborn

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if you're not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

Johnny Mathis

I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.

Laura Mvula

My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.

Laura Mvula

I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.

Aaron Staton

Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything that has happened in the past.

Bill Bruford

Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye.

Wynton Marsalis