My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
QUINCY JONESI’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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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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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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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 great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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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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