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“If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back.”
“I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now.”
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“Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.”
“I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.”
“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.”
“The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.”
“You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way.”
“When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.”
“Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.”
“My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.”
“If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.”
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“I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.”
“I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.”
“I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.”
“The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups.”