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

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

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

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

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.

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

If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.