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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."
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"I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is."
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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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"Jazz was uplifted by what I did."
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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."
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"I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan."
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"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that."
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"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."
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"I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet."
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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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"When you get to readin' about where the music and John Steinbeck and all those people like that come from, the further you go the more interesting it becomes."
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"No, I had a back injury early on in my life."
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"I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some."
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"There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now."
Temple

"Well, I'm kinda like George Carlin. I think that there ought to be a time where everybody should have all the drugs they want and there'd be nobody in charge, sort of like... now!"
Time

"And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music."
Music

"Everybody likes Johnny Cash. I think the sad part of it is his health is givin' him problems."
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"Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach."
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"95% of the album is my writing, by choice, because it seems to be what the distributors want."
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"I haven't had any problems with my back since I got the foot surgery."
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