I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
QUINCY JONESWe 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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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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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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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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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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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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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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 architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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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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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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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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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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