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 JONESThe process is the most beautiful part.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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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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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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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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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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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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You have to know that your real home is within.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
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