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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 Jones

I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
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
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
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
My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
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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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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Choice Love Myself Player
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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Love Myself People Wings
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit 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
China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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People Right Unfair Yourself

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.

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