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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.

Quincy Jones

I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
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
My 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.
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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing 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
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
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
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
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

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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