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

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

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

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

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough.

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.