Duke Ellington

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

Jazz is the only art form where you can take a wrong turn and still end up in the right place.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

We all have our own special image of ourselves that we carry around with us, and we have to protect it.