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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."
"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
Jazz,
"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."
Jazz,
"The way that we imitate each others' riffs is something that other bands don't do as much. If we're jamming with a jazz band, or I am jamming with a jazz band, I have to catch myself, the tendency is always to do that."
Jazz,
"I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself."
"It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz."
Explore more quotes by Norman Granz
"You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards."
"Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent."
"As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy."
"The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price."
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