He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.

Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. I have no one style. I play as I feel.

I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.

I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics.

If the average jazz artist uses his head and at the outset of his career realizes he won't play as well at fifty as he does at twenty-five, he won't be in a line-up outside the Salvation Army when he's fifty.

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.

I don't require lust, sex, or classic beauty; I require trust, respect, and honesty. All else builds from there.