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.
QUINCY JONESMy dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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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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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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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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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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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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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 was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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I’ve met every freak in the business.
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The process is the most beautiful part.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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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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