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If you don't get substantially...

If you don't get substantially what you want, be ready to walk. And don't look back.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

At Verve, my bookkeeper would ...

At Verve, my bookkeeper would invariably say, 'Well, why do you want to put out Roy Eldridge?' Or 'Why do you want to put out Ben Webster? They don't sell.' And I'd say, 'Well, whether they sell or not, they're important, they should be recorded and they're what Verve stands for, so we don't have to discuss that any further.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

Jazz is America's own. It is p...

Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place... as in genuine democracy, only performance counts.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

I made it easier for many arti...

I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

I'm talking as a professional ...

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

Norman Granz 68 quotes

I still continue to do at leas...

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

Norman Granz 68 quotes

I don't think that jazz, as an...

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.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

If I were to put on Barbra Str...

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

My juices needed restoring. I ...

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

Norman Granz 68 quotes

If you look at my audiences, e...

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

Norman Granz 68 quotes

In 1958, I decided that I was ...

In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

My function at Verve was that ...

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

Norman Granz 68 quotes

Sponsors and networks will rea...

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

Norman Granz 68 quotes

To play today in London, next ...

To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

I find myself more at peace wh...

I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

When I was doing jazz concerts...

When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

You will always find a few peo...

You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

The public, hearing pop music,...

The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

I don't want to sound as if I'...

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

Norman Granz 68 quotes

I don't think I will ever do a...

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.

Norman Granz 68 quotes

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