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Quincy Jones

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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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Age End Myself Practice Time
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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Blind Dog Finding Food
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
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
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
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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Harmony Himself Imagination Old Person Young
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
What happens when you get a big break and you haven’t prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you’ve ever made. I see it happen all the time.
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Break Mistake Preparation Time Yourself
I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself

The process is the most beautiful part.

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