I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
QUINCY JONESGreatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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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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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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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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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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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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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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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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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 a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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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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