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.
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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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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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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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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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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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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I don’t remember feeling love.
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