You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
QUINCY JONESThe process is the most beautiful part.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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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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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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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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