A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
QUINCY JONESA song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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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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I’m just a musician and a record producer.
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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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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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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.
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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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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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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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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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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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