A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
QUINCY JONESAfter 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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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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 never felt like I had a mother.
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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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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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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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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