China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
QUINCY JONESI 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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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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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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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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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It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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