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.

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

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

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

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

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

In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland.