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Quincy Jones

All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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Boundary Limitation Love Myself Relationship Time
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
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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Beginning Day Father Greatness Myself Small
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
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
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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Better Life Move Myself Way
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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Choice Love Myself Player
It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
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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Day Health Need Talk Yourself

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