Norman granz

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.
The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups.
I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.
The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.
If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.
I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.