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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.

Quincy Jones

I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
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
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
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble 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
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
Whenever 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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Consciousness Myself Woman
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 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
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
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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Learning Listening Reality Talk Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
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

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