Quotes by 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. (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. Thats because they havent been exposed enough. (Norman Granz)

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy. (Norman Granz)

As long as were in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy. (Norman Granz)

Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents. (Norman Granz)

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

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldnt take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people werent interested in it. (Norman Granz)

I don't know whos 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan. (Norman Granz)

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that thats over with. (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 of it. (Norman Granz)