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I never felt like I had a mother.

Quincy Jones

You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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God Harmony Melody Music Study Yourself
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit 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
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
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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Artist Goodness Love Production Relationship Respect
After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it’s worse than ever.
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Change Music Thinking Understand War Worst Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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Believe Flow Greatness Lyrics Myself
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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Inspirational Preparation Success Yourself
I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.
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Better Life Move Myself Way
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
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
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
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

I never felt like I had a mother.

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