Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
QUINCY JONESBilly Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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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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It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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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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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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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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The process is the most beautiful part.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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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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