I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
QUINCY JONESI’m just a musician and a record producer.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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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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I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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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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You have to know that your real home is within.
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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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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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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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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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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’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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