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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.

Quincy Jones

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.
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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process
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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People Right Unfair Yourself
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Economics Money Myself Racism
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
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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Love Myself People Wings
You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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God Harmony Melody Music Study Yourself
I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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Choice Love Myself Player
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
What happens when you get a big break and you haven’t prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you’ve ever made. I see it happen all the time.
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Break Mistake Preparation Time Yourself

Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.

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