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It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.

Quincy Jones

A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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Love Myself People Wings
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
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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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Bad Myself Save Sing Song
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
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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Choice Love Myself Player
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
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 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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Learning Listening Reality Talk Yourself
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid 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
Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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Day Health Need Talk Yourself
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World

It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.

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