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"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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"I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan."
"It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself."
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"What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I don't think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact."
"We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well."
"If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor."
"Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low."
"Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind."
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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."
"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."
"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."
"Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent."
"As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy."
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