I’ve met every freak in the business.
QUINCY JONESEvery 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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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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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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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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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 never felt like I had a mother.
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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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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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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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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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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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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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The process is the most beautiful part.
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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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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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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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