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"I was exposed to jazz early on."
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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."
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"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."
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"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."
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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
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"And I used to listen to a lot of jazz."
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"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point."
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"All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues."
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"One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?"
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"I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record."
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"I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now."
Fans
"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."
Development
"When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find."
America
"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."
State
"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."
People
"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."
Jazz
"My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire."
Artist
"Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent."
Talent
"As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy."
People
"Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents."
Work
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