Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.

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I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I...

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I...

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 juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.

My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.

In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in...

In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in...

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.

The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the...

The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the...

I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many...

I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many...

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

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

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

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does...

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does...

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...

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...

I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe.

I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe.

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...

For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.

For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.

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...

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 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...

I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.

I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.

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...