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.”
QUINCY JONESMy earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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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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 song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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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 don’t remember feeling love.
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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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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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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I’m needed by someone. As long as you have that, you’re healthy.
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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 look back and say, “This must have been somebody else.” I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.
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