My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
QUINCY JONESBilly Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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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 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’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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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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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.
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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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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 was the most subtle person in the world.
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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