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.
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.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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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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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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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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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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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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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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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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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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