I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
QUINCY JONESPlaying the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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I 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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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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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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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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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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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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