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.’
QUINCY JONESIt’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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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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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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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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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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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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The process is the most beautiful part.
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