Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
QUINCY JONESI 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!
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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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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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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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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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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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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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 look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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