I don’t say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it’s a matter of dealing with reality. It’s purely peripheral and, in many cases, it’s just a facade. – 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
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
I’m concerned with trend. I don’t know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now. – Norman Granz
Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent. – Norman Granz
I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create. – 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
The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. – Norman Granz
If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn’t good. – 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
When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find. – Norman Granz
The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups. – Norman Granz
Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks. – Norman Granz
I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six. – Norman Granz
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
I don’t want to sound as if I’m doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan. – 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
As long as we’re in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy. – Norman Granz
