I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
QUINCY JONESWhenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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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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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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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’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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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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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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I don’t remember feeling love.
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