Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
QUINCY JONESLet’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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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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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.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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