When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
QUINCY JONESMy grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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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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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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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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