I promised myself I'd stick to PD stuff, but I have to share my favorite quote, which has been my screen saver for a year or so. It's from ee cummings and it goes like this: "I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing/Than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance." Carole Cassidy At 11:32 AM 8/20/98 EDT, you wrote: >hi ken > >you wrote: >>Duke Ellington, a legend, Irving Mills, I am not familiar with, >>please elaborate. Is he a composer, or performer? Thanks >>for any info. > >i don't know, ken, >i just latch on to any quotes that appeal to me wherever i find them! > >however, i might guess that irving mills was possibly a composer >who might have worked with the duke on the lyrics to that tune > >anybody else? > >janet > >