All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
QUINCY JONESBilly Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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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.
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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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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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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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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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You have to know that your real home is within.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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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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