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.
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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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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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You have to know that your real home is within.
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I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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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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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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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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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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