Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
QUINCY JONESCount Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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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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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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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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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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A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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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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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.
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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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Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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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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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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A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Editing while you’re writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.
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The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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