I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
QUINCY JONESYou cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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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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I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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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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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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