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.
QUINCY JONESMaking a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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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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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.
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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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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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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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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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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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