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A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.

Quincy Jones

I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
QUINCY JONES

Life Myself Need Record Tribute
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.
QUINCY JONES

Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
QUINCY JONES

Arrangement Myself Writing
I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
QUINCY JONES

Laughter Loud Myself Truth
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
QUINCY JONES

Game Play Profit
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.
QUINCY JONES

Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
QUINCY JONES

Economics Money Myself Racism
I never felt like I had a mother.
QUINCY JONES

Feeling Mom Myself
My son is a hip-hop producer.
QUINCY JONES

Job Myself Production Son
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.
QUINCY JONES

Break Mistake Preparation Time Yourself
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
QUINCY JONES

Early Memories Myself
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
QUINCY JONES

Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
QUINCY JONES

Door Lock Mom Problem Security System
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
QUINCY JONES

Architecture Frozen Music
A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
QUINCY JONES

Love Myself People Wings
You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
QUINCY JONES

God Harmony Melody Music Study Yourself

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