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Quincy Jones

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
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
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
All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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Boundary Limitation Love Myself Relationship Time
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
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
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song

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