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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

The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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Bad Music 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
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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Hope Imagination Myself Society Start
I’d been in love before – I was always in love.
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Heart Love Myself
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself
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
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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Children Criticism Greatness Love Mindset Peace Yourself
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
I don’t deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. So I’ll keep it.
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Award Brain Deserve Fame Myself Operation
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
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
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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Movie Music Rhythm
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
You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
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God Goodness Learning Mistake
My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Early Memories Myself
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself

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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