Duke Ellington was born on April 29, 1899. From “The Mirrored Self,” a question-and-answer interlude:
Q. Who are you?Related reading
A. I am a musician who is a member of the American Federation of Labor, and who hopes one day to amount to something artistically.
Q. Are you not being too modest?
A. Oh, no, you should see my dreams!
Music Is My Mistress (New York: Doubleday, 1973)
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