It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
QUINCY JONESA person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I’d been in love before – I was always in 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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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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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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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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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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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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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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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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