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Quincy Jones

Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
I look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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Age Dreams Myself Past Time View
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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Break Mistake Preparation Time Yourself
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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God Harmony Melody Music Study Yourself
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
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
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
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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Children Come Music Upset
Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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Paint Record School

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