black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.

Quincy Jones

Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
QUINCY JONES

Movie Music Rhythm
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.
QUINCY JONES

Change Music Thinking Understand War Worst Yourself
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.
QUINCY JONES

Ground Industry Myself Place
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
QUINCY JONES

Game Play Profit
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
QUINCY JONES

God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
QUINCY JONES

Economics Money Myself Racism
My son is a hip-hop producer.
QUINCY JONES

Job Myself Production Son
You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
QUINCY JONES

God Harmony Melody Music Study Yourself
You have to know that your real home is within.
QUINCY JONES

Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
QUINCY JONES

Door Lock Mom Problem Security System
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
QUINCY JONES

Arrangement Myself Writing
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.
QUINCY JONES

Myself See Steal Thinking Time Touch
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.
QUINCY JONES

Love Myself People Wings
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
QUINCY JONES

Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
QUINCY JONES

Mom Music Myself
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
QUINCY JONES

Act Excellence Habit Myself

Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Quincy Jones Quotes