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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.

Quincy Jones

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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Choice Love Myself Player
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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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
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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Learning Listening Reality Talk Yourself
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
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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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
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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Change Music Thinking Understand War Worst Yourself
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
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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Laughter Loud Myself Truth

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.

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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.

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