I’m just a musician and a record producer.
QUINCY JONESMusic in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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