My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business. 
You're probably smarter than you present yourself. 
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. 
If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back. 
In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland. 
Jazz was uplifted by what I did. 
I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with. 
I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe. 
The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz. 
If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good. 
The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation. 
For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. 
I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan. 
Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks. 
You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way. 
I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create. 