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.
QUINCY JONESA bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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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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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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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’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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