#we

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them. ↗

— Richard Grant

#except #how #interested #nobody #target

For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. ↗

— Norman Granz

#jazz #kind #ones #only #philharmonic

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it. ↗

— Norman Granz

#being #country #duke #ella #europe

I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create. ↗

— Norman Granz

#artists #continue #could #create #felt

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good. ↗

— Norman Granz

#barbra streisand #combination #duke #duke ellington #ellington

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

#baltimore #been #better #bit #doing

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year. ↗

— Norman Granz

#afford #enough #few #groups #leaders

Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#anyone #born #certain #circumstances #era

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#art #between #black #charcoal #expression

I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#begin #believe #between #breakfast #clock