You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
QUINCY JONESThe only music I don’t like is bad music.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
-
-
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
QUINCY JONES -
A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
QUINCY JONES -
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
QUINCY JONES -
I’m just a musician and a record producer.
QUINCY JONES -
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
QUINCY JONES -
I don’t remember feeling love.
QUINCY JONES -
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
QUINCY JONES -
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
QUINCY JONES -
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.
QUINCY JONES -
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.
QUINCY JONES -
You have to know that your real home is within.
QUINCY JONES -
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.
QUINCY JONES -
My son is a hip-hop producer.
QUINCY JONES -
I never felt like I had a mother.
QUINCY JONES -
My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
QUINCY JONES