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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.

Quincy Jones

Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Age End Myself Practice Time
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
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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Change Music Thinking Understand War Worst Yourself
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
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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Love Myself People Wings
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song

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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