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When 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.

Quincy Jones

The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
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
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
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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Ground Industry Myself Place
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
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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Laughter Loud Myself Truth
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
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
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’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
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
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself

When 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.

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When 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.

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