Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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’ve met every freak in the business.
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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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I never felt like I had a mother.
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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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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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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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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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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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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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