If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
QUINCY JONESEvery country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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It’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.
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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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The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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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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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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