A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
QUINCY JONESIt’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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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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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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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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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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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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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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