You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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!
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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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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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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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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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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I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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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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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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