You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
QUINCY JONESThe act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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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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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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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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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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