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 JONESThe act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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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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I never felt like I had a mother.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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 improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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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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The process is the most beautiful part.
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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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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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