"You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way"
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Coming from Norman Granz, that subtext lands harder. This is the producer who built Jazz at the Philharmonic, fought segregation clauses, and treated musicians like the main event rather than hired ambiance. He knew that creative work isn’t only made onstage; it’s made in contracts, on tour routes, in who gets paid, who gets billed, and who’s allowed in the room. “Completely their way” points to a totalizing impulse: not just wanting input, but wanting the whole ecosystem to reflect one person’s comfort.
The line’s quiet bite is its universality without sentimentality. Granz doesn’t demonize “people”; he describes a recurring pattern, almost like a law of the entertainment industry. The intent is practical and protective: expect the control freaks, plan for them, and don’t let a minority of loud certainty rewrite the terms of the art.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Granz, Norman. (2026, January 16). You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-will-always-find-a-few-people-in-any-area-96228/
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Granz, Norman. "You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-will-always-find-a-few-people-in-any-area-96228/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"You will always find a few people in any area that would like things done completely their way." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-will-always-find-a-few-people-in-any-area-96228/. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.




