Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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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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I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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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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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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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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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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