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 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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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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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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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What 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.
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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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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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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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