You have to know that your real home is within.
QUINCY JONESMy earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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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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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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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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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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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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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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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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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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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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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
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