Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
QUINCY JONESYoung people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
QUINCY JONESIf I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
QUINCY JONESMusic in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
QUINCY JONESDid you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
QUINCY JONESI 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!
QUINCY JONESWhenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
QUINCY JONESArts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
QUINCY JONESIt’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.
QUINCY JONESI was the most subtle person in the world.
QUINCY JONESPlaying the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
QUINCY JONESMy dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
QUINCY JONESExcellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
QUINCY JONESChina’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
QUINCY JONESEvery 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.
QUINCY JONESI’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
QUINCY JONESPrince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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