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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.

Quincy Jones

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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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
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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Inspirational Preparation Success Yourself
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Age End Myself Practice Time
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
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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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
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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Artist Goodness Love Production Relationship Respect
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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Myself See Steal Thinking Time Touch
All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Love Music Relationship Woman
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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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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Love Myself People Wings
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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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
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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Age Degree Determination Himself Ideas Person
I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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Ground Industry Myself Place

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