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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.

Quincy Jones

I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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Myself See Steal Thinking Time Touch
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
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
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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Love Myself People Wings
I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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Ground Industry Myself Place
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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Better Life Move Myself Way
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
Every 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.
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Day Health Need Talk Yourself
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
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
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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People Right Unfair Yourself
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
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember

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