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

Quincy Jones

Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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Hope Imagination Myself Society Start
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
What happens when you get a big break and you haven’t prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you’ve ever made. I see it happen all the time.
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Break Mistake Preparation Time Yourself
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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Change Music Thinking Understand War Worst Yourself
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
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
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
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself

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