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.
QUINCY JONESWhenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around 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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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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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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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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’m just a musician and a record producer.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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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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What happens when you get a big break and you haven’t prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you’ve ever made. I see it happen all the time.
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