When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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’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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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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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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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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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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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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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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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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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 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 can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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