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

Quincy Jones

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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Hope Imagination Myself Society Start
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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Father Hard Work Institution Mental Ourselves
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
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
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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Beginning Day Father Greatness Myself Small
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
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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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
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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Better Life Move Myself Way
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support

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