I was the most subtle person in the world.
QUINCY JONESImagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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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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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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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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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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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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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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I never felt like I had a mother.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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