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

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

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

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 say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade.

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

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