My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
QUINCY JONESEvery 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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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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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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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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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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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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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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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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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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