Quotes by Norman Granz

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is...

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The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and...

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The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour...

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Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis...

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My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.

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My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

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Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

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In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in...

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If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.

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If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the...

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I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.

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I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years...

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