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China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.

Quincy Jones

Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
You have to know that your real home is within.
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Home Reality Spiritual Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
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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Consciousness Myself Woman
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.
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Arrangement Myself Writing
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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Big Deal Experience Start World Yourself
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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Break Mistake Preparation Time Yourself
It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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Attitude Darkness Fear Life Light Love Man
My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Door Lock Mom Problem Security System
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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Love Myself People Wings
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
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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Day Health Need Talk Yourself
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Love Music Relationship Woman
China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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People Right Unfair Yourself
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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Acceptance Confidence Myself Worth Yourself
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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Laughter Loud Myself Truth
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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Beginning Day Father Greatness Myself Small
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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Economics Money Myself Racism
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm

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