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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…
• The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
• There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to…
• I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now.
• Jazz was uplifted by what I did.
• As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
• Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic…
• For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.
• Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
• I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
• I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.
• 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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