I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.

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

The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price.

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.

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

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

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