Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
QUINCY JONESI 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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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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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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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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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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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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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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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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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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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 don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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