I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
QUINCY JONESAll guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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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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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.
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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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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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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.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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