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Quincy Jones

They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
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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Inspirational Preparation Success Yourself
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
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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Boundary Limitation Love Myself Relationship Time
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music Player Record
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
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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Age End Myself Practice Time
Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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Day Health Need Talk Yourself
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
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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Learning Listening Reality Talk 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
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself

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