Norman Granz

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being…

— Norman Granz

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.

— Norman Granz

I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

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

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic…

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

At Verve, my bookkeeper would invariably say, 'Well, why do you want to put out Roy Eldridge?' Or 'Why do you want…

— Norman Granz

There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they…

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners…

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to…

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz

Jazz is America's own. It is played and listened to by all peoples - in harmony together. Pigmentation differences have no place...…

— Norman Granz

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

— Norman Granz