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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.

Quincy Jones

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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Father Hard Work Institution Mental Ourselves
If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
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
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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God Harmony Melody Music Study Yourself
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
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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Artist Goodness Love Production Relationship Respect
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young
China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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People Right Unfair Yourself
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself
We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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Myself See Steal Thinking Time Touch
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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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
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
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food

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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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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