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"I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create."
Artist
"As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy."
People
"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."
State
"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."
Money
"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
"I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan."
Jazz
"My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire."
Artist
"The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price."
People
"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."
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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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