A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
QUINCY JONESA song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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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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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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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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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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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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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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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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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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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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