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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.

Quincy Jones

Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
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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Learning Listening Reality Talk Yourself
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
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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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
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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Break Mistake Preparation Time Yourself
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
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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Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
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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Hope Imagination Myself Society Start

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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