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.’
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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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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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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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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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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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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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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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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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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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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