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 JONESI found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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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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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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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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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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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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