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The only music I don’t like is bad music.

Quincy Jones

It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Love Music Relationship Woman
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
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
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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Beginning Day Father Greatness Myself Small
A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Age Degree Determination Himself Ideas Person
I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself

The only music I don’t like is bad music.

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