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“Keith Jarrett did the first festival when he was part of the Charles Lloyd quartet, ... Then he came back 15 years ago. This year he is doing only four concerts worldwide, and we are very proud that he picked out Montreux as one of the dates.”
Claude Nobs
“It is not a good message, because it shows the Quartet does not follow the same line.”
Elmar Brok
“We would of course expect that they would take their decisions consistent with the Quartet and certainly in consultation with the Quartet.”
Sean McCormack
“If you are an envoy of the quartet, you have a certain amount of possibilities in negotiations. If you are the secretary of state of the United States, I would have to say, there is a little more clout associated with it. And to push it over the edge, one needs not envoys, but secretaries of state.”
James Wolfensohn
“Florida has the 2004 international championship quartet; they are called, 'The Buzz,' so this region really does very well in competition.”
Janet Kushmerek
“We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and they'd say, 'Who?' In later years they'd say, 'Oh', which amounts to the same thing.”
Paul Desmond
“Secretary Rice spoke to the Quartet principals this morning to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories after the convening of the newly elected legislative council.”
Noel Clay
“[This week Marcel listened to the just-rediscovered tapes of a 1957 session of the Thelonious Monk quartet with John Coltrane, at Carnegie Hall.] Hugely exciting. Two geniuses at their peak. ... Absorbing and imaginative - they never met in real life.”
Mary Stuart
“Bartok is not an easy repertoire. But Bartok with the Tokyo String Quartet would be the best way that you could hear it.”
Michael Blachly
“The Russians, I think, clearly delivered a message consistent with the Quartet aims and the Quartet statement.”
Adam Ereli
