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

Quincy Jones

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
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
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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Life Myself Need Record Tribute
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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Artist Goodness Love Production Relationship Respect
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
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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Love Myself People Wings
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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Laughter Loud Myself Truth
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young
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

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