When 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.
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.
QUINCY JONESEvery 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.
QUINCY JONESWhenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
QUINCY JONESIf architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
QUINCY JONESMaking a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
QUINCY JONESDid you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
QUINCY JONESI don’t remember feeling love.
QUINCY JONESA bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
QUINCY JONESI’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
QUINCY JONESWe stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
QUINCY JONESIf 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.
QUINCY JONESAll guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
QUINCY JONESI was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
QUINCY JONESA 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!
QUINCY JONESEvery country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
QUINCY JONESPrince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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