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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.

Quincy Jones

I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
QUINCY JONES

Life Myself Need Record Tribute
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
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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Ground Industry Myself Place
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
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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Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Door Lock Mom Problem Security System
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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Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
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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People Right Unfair Yourself
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
QUINCY JONES

Music Player Record
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Age End Myself Practice Time
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
QUINCY JONES

Economics Money Myself Racism
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 JONES

Day Health Need Talk Yourself

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