Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.

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

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.

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.

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

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