China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
QUINCY JONESThe process is the most beautiful part.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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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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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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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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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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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 only music I don’t like is bad music.
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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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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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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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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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