I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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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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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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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I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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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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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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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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A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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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.
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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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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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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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