I was the most subtle person in the world.
QUINCY JONESI was the most subtle person in the world.
QUINCY JONESWhat 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.
QUINCY JONESI learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
QUINCY JONESA 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 JONESThey say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
QUINCY JONESIt’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
QUINCY JONESLet’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
QUINCY JONESEditing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
QUINCY JONESI 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!
QUINCY JONESI’d been in love before – I was always in love.
QUINCY JONESI never felt like I had a mother.
QUINCY JONESDid you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
QUINCY JONESWhen you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
QUINCY JONESYou can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
QUINCY JONESI 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 JONESI started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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