A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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 earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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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You have to know that your real home is within.
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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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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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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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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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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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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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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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