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

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

If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

You’re probably smarter than you present yourself.

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

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