All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
QUINCY JONESThey say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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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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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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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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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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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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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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