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I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”

Quincy Jones

A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Love Music Relationship Woman
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
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom 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
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
Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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Children Come Music Upset
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
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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Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Age End Myself Practice Time
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
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
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

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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