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Quincy Jones

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
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
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
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
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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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young
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’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
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Life Myself Need Record Tribute
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory 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
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
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
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
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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Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
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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Economics Money Myself Racism
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
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
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
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

When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.

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