Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
QUINCY JONESThe only music I don’t like is bad music.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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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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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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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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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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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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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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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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I never felt like I had a mother.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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