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.
QUINCY JONESThe act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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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 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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All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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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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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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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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