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.
QUINCY JONESEvery 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.’
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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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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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 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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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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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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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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What happens when you get a big break and you haven’t prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you’ve ever made. I see it happen all the time.
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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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I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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