If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
QUINCY JONESWhat 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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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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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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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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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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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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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