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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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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I look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.
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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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