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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.

Quincy Jones

You have to know that your real home is within.
QUINCY JONES

Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
I look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
QUINCY JONES

Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
QUINCY JONES

Life Myself Need Record Tribute
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
QUINCY JONES

Hope Imagination Myself Society Start
Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
QUINCY JONES

Consciousness Myself Woman
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
QUINCY JONES

Economics Money Myself Racism
A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
QUINCY JONES

Bad Myself Save Sing Song
I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
QUINCY JONES

Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
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.
QUINCY JONES

Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
QUINCY JONES

Game Play Profit
Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
QUINCY JONES

Inspirational Preparation Success Yourself
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
QUINCY JONES

Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
QUINCY JONES

Blind Dog Finding Food
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
QUINCY JONES

Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
QUINCY JONES

Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
QUINCY JONES

Beautiful Color Rose Song

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