I’ve met every freak in the business.
QUINCY JONESI’m just a musician and a record producer.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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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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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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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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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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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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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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