Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
QUINCY JONESAll guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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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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I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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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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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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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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.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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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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I don’t remember feeling love.
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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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I never felt like I had a mother.
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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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