"Amsterdam must have more than a million people.……" — Norman Granz
"Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough."
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34 Quotes by Norman Granz
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I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality.…
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The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
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There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to…
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I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now.
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Jazz was uplifted by what I did.
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As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
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For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.
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Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
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I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
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I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.
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I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over…
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I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from…
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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing…
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And call me a pig, but isn't it brilliantly refreshing how early the Dutch eat dinner? When they're still laying…
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I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.
— Linda Cardellini
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My man slangs rocks like up the block, 143RD and Amsterdam by the smoke shop
— Redman
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Then came the second Amsterdam discovery, although the principle was known elsewhere. Bank deposits...did not need to be left idly…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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We are men on a budget. I mean, why go all the way to Amsterdam when you can just go…
— Anthony Langston
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Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint,…
— Unknown Author
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Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had…
— James Weldon Johnson
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I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my…
— Jackie Collins
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The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a…
— Anne Frank
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I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on…
— Sylvia Kristel
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In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries,
— Janet Echelman
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