It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
QUINCY JONESI was the most subtle person in the world.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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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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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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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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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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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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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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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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