I don’t remember feeling love.
QUINCY JONESWhenever 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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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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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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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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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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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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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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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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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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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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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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