"I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan."

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"I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan."

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

Fans

"You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way."

People

"In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland."

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"If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers."

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"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

"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."

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"I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it."

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"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."

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"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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