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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.

Quincy Jones

Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
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
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
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
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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Ground Industry Myself Place
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
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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People Right Unfair Yourself
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself

After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.

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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.

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