“Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wo...” — Norman Granz Quote

“Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.”

“I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.”

“I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.”

“40-minute game at Duke - they got soft rims - I'd probably score 84 or 85. I wouldn't pass the ball. I wouldn't even think about passing it. It would be like a 'NBA Live' or an 'NBA 2K7' game: you just shoot with one person.”

“I think I go with the Duke Ellington view on music. He said, 'There's two kinds of music - there's good music, and then there's the other kind.'”

“I was the No. 1 player in high school. I was a lottery player at Duke. I was player of the year in the ACC as a freshman. People just forget about these things, like I don't deserve to be in the league.”