It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
QUINCY JONESA 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.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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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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Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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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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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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The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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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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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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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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