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Quincy Jones

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
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
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
I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
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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Choice Love Myself Player
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
I look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
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
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
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
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
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
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm

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