I don’t remember feeling love.
QUINCY JONESThe only music I don’t like is bad music.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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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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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 person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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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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The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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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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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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