They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
QUINCY JONESI’m just a musician and a record producer.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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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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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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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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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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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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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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I don’t remember feeling love.
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