Norman Granz Quotes

I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.

Norman Granz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1918 - November 22, 2001

Topics

I AmDoingWantJazzSpecialSound

I played with a band in Austin when I was doing 'Friday Night Lights.' It was a blast.

Jesse Plemons

NightFridayDoingLightsBand

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.

John Boyd Orr

ChangeSocietyEnoughSocialFabric

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought.

Robert Green Ingersoll

WallsThoughtYouHeightsKnowing

I really believe in albums, even though some people believe the year of the album has passed. I love singular pop songs or tracks, but what really affects me most deeply is if there's an hour of music or 45 minutes of music that flows really well and tells a story.

St. Lucia

LoveMusicPeopleMeBelieveStory

At 14, I was the most disciplined guy around. I would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and run five miles, and then go to school. Sometimes I would run behind the school bus, and the kids thought I was just crazy. I knew what I wanted.

Sugar Ray Leonard

MorningSchoolCrazyThoughtGoRun

I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay.

Tracee Ellis Ross

LoveBeautyBeautifulI AmEffort

We need to do a much better job when people are addicted to take them through treatment and recovery.

Rob Portman

JobPeopleBetterNeedRecovery

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film.

Roger Ebert

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Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences.

Ruth Bernhard

LifeHeartSeeingInsideExperiences

We were the victims of the new producer but what annoyed me was they told the press we were leaving before us.

Louise Jameson

MeNewLeavingProducerUsAnnoyed

They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

Louis Farrakhan

FreedomCallFightersThem

Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.

Josh Homme

MusicYouChooseWhyOverAnything

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