All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
QUINCY JONESDid you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.
More Quincy Jones Quotes
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Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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I don’t remember feeling love.
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I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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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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Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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My son is a hip-hop producer.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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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’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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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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