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"I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create."
Artist
"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."
State
"I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all."
Talking
"I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now."
Fans
"My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire."
Artist
"There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards."
Artist
"Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent."
Talent
"In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland."
Europe
"I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe."
Peace
"When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find."
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"It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense."
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"Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality."
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"That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos."
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"If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been."
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"I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio."
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"I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player."
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"You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?"
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"I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived."
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"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."
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"I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool."
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