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I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.

Quincy Jones

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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Boundary Limitation Love Myself Relationship Time
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
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
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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Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
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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Economics Money Myself Racism
A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Bad Myself Save Sing Song
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
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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People Right Unfair Yourself
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
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
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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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory 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
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process

I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.

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I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.

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