You have to know that your real home is within.
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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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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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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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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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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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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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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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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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The process is the most beautiful part.
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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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