Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
QUINCY JONESIt’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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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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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What happens when you get a big break and you haven’t prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you’ve ever made. I see it happen all the time.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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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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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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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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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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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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