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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.

Quincy Jones

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
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
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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Children Come Music Upset
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Bad Myself Save Sing Song
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
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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Laughter Loud Myself Truth
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
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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Choice Love Myself Player
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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Change Music Thinking Understand War Worst Yourself
Imagine 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.
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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young

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