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Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.

Quincy Jones

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
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 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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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
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 act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
I never felt like I had a mother.
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Feeling Mom Myself
A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Bad Myself Save Sing Song
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
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
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process
A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.
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Beautiful Color Rose Song
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
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music Myself
I don’t remember feeling love.
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Feeling Love Myself Remember

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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