To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years.

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The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour...

The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour...

I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years...

I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years...

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done...

You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done...

I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.

I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.

I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am...

I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am...

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a...

I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a...

If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.

If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.

When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I...

When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I...

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the...

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the...

Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis...

Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis...

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television...

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television...

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to...

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to...

There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I...

There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I...

Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having...

Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having...

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the...

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the...

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is...

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is...

I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue...

I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue...

I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence...

I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence...