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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.

Quincy Jones

Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Age Degree Determination Himself Ideas Person
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
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
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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Beginning Day Father Greatness Myself Small
I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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Learning Listening Reality Talk Yourself
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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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
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
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
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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Love Myself People Wings
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World

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