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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

It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Door Lock Mom Problem Security System
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
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
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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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
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
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process
All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Love Music Relationship Woman
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
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’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed 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
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
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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Hope Imagination Myself Society Start
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
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
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 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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