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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.

Quincy Jones

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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Inspirational Preparation Success Yourself
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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Day Health Need Talk Yourself
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.
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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
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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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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Children Come Music Upset
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
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 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
We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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Myself See Steal Thinking Time Touch
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself

You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.

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