I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.

I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.

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

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