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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.

Quincy Jones

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process
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’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
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
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed 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
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
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
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’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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Laughter Loud Myself Truth
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record

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