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I was the most subtle person in the world.

Quincy Jones

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
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
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
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
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
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
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
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
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
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
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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Learning Listening Reality Talk Yourself
When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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Father Hard Work Institution Mental Ourselves
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
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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Hope Imagination Myself Society Start
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself

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