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.
QUINCY JONESAll 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.”
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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What happens when you get a big break and you haven’t prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you’ve ever made. I see it happen all the time.
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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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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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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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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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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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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 the most subtle person in the world.
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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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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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I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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