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.
QUINCY JONESI’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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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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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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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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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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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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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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