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Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.

Quincy Jones

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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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
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
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
Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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Children Come Music Upset
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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Boundary Limitation Love Myself Relationship Time
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
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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Love Myself People Wings
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself

Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.

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