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"To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years."
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"I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics."
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"On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them."
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"I've always wanted to perform on the London stage."
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"Sometimes I miss the spirit of London, but it's a very gray place."
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"The heavy spacesuits are spectacular to look at but very hot. Putting one on was like going from chilly London winter weather to the Bahamas in just minutes."
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"On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me."
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"Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.'"
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"London is one of the most enchanting places I've ever been on this planet."
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"Of course I've done musicals here in London."
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"When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right singer or the right situation can become very well liked and accepted. I'm only too pleased to say it happened with that one."
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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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