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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.

Quincy Jones

The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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Artist Goodness Love Production Relationship Respect
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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Age Degree Determination Himself Ideas Person
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
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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Beginning Day Father Greatness Myself Small
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself
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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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
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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Better Life Move Myself Way
I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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Laughter Loud Myself Truth
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit

If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.

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