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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.

Quincy Jones

You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
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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Change Music Thinking Understand War Worst Yourself
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
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
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
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 architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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Consciousness Myself Woman
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
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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Life Myself Need Record Tribute
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.
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Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
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

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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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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