You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
QUINCY JONESA song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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My 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.
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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’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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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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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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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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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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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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I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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I was the most subtle person in the world.
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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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