There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it's successful; if it doesn't it has failed.


Where Is Jazz Going? Music Journal (1962) Reproduced in The Duke Ellington Reader, ISBN 978-0-19-509391-9.

Duke Ellington Quotes

There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how...

There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how...

There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how...

There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how...