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"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
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"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."
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"The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events."
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"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."
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"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."
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"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."
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"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."
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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star."
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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 made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas."
Artist
"If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers."
Audience
"My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire."
Artist
"My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business."
Business
"As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy."
People
"You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way."
People
"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."
Art
"I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan."
Jazz
"Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough."
People
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