When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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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Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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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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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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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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It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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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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I never felt like I had a mother.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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