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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.

Quincy Jones

I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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God Harmony Melody Music Study Yourself
My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
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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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
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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Break Mistake Preparation Time Yourself
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Bad Myself Save Sing Song
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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Father Hard Work Institution Mental Ourselves
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself

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