Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
QUINCY JONESWhen I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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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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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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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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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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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’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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I don’t remember feeling love.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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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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