All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
QUINCY JONESIt’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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.
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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 have to know that your real home is within.
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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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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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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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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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Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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