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.
QUINCY JONESI’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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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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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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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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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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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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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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A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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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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