I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
QUINCY JONESI’ve met every freak in the business.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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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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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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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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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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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’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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