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I never felt like I had a mother.

Quincy Jones

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
We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don’t think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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Myself See Steal Thinking Time Touch
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
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That’s the soul of a country.
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Country Food Language Music Soul
Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Age End Myself Practice Time
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
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
If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Mom Music Myself
It’s easy to get next to music theory, especially between your peers and music classes and so forth. You just pay attention. I had a good ear, so I realized that printed music was just about reminding you what to play.
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Class Easy Music Reminder Theory Yourself
My son is a hip-hop producer.
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Job Myself Production Son
Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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Children Writing Yourself
I’m never in my life going to do a record that’s a tribute to myself. I don’t need it.
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Life Myself Need Record Tribute
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
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
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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People Travel Young Yourself

I never felt like I had a mother.

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