I 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.
QUINCY JONESThe act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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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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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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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’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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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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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 song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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