Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
QUINCY JONESYou have to know that your real home is within.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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What happens when you get a big break and you haven’t prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you’ve ever made. I see it happen all the time.
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