I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
QUINCY JONESI was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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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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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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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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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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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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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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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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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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