My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
QUINCY JONESI’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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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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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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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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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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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’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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