You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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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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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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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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A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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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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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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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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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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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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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