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.
QUINCY JONESEvery day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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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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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!
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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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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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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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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