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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.

Quincy Jones

We 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.
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Myself See Steal Thinking Time Touch
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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Boundary Limitation Love Myself Relationship Time
Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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Children Come Music Upset
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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Choice Love Myself Player
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
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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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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Inspirational Preparation Success Yourself
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
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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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
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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Better Life Move Myself Way

Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.

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