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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.

Quincy Jones

I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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God Harmony Melody Music Study Yourself
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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Life Myself Need Record Tribute
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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Choice Love Myself Player
Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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Consciousness Myself Woman
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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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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Artist Goodness Love Production Relationship Respect
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Economics Money Myself Racism
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
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
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm

My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.

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