I never felt like I had a mother.
QUINCY JONESI’m just a musician and a record producer.
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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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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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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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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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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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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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